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2012 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 13 Criminal Code
13-406 Justification; defense of a third person
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AZ Rev Stat § 13-406 (through 2nd Reg Sess. 50th Leg. 2012)
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13-406. Justification; defense of a third person
A person is justified in threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force against another to protect a third person if, under the circumstances as a reasonable person would believe them to be, such person would be justified under section 13-404 or 13-405 in threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force to protect himself against the unlawful physical force or deadly physical force a reasonable person would believe is threatening the third person he seeks to protect.
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