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anjilletteb

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The defendant comes out of a restaurant long enough to see someone attempting to speed away in
  the defendant's luxury sedan. Drawing a gun, for which the defendant has legal authority to carry, the
  defendant fires and kills the driver. If the driver's family sues the defendant and the defendant claims
  the defense of privilege, the defendant will
 
  A) lose at trial because the driver was acting out of private necessity
  B) win at trial since the driver's death was an avoidable accident
  C) lose at trial since the defendant used a disproportionate amount of force, thereby exceeding
  a privilege to use force
  D) win at trial because of a mistake

Question 2

Police officers break up a protest by using hitting protesters a few times with police batons. When
  a protester sues the police because of excessive use of force, the police will have available to them the
  defense of
 
  A) immunity
  B) mistake
  C) privilege
  D) nothing, since this was a violation of the protesters' Federal civil rights



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A





 

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