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crazycityslicker · **on:** Aug 3, 2018

As an attacker runs towards defendant, wielding an ax; the defendant shoots the attacker, ending
the attack and injuring the attacker. The defendant will escape liable for the use of force in self-
defense because

A) the defendant was mistaken about the magnitude of the threat
B) the defendant feared that the attacker would go off and attack the next person who
happened to be walking by
C) of the defense of immunity
D) the force used was proportional to the threat

Question 2

A wildfire is threatening the property of defendant's neighbor. The defendant douses the neighbor's
property with enough water to save the house, but the water drains into the neighbor's cellar and
damages items kept there. If the neighbor sues the defendant, the defendant can raise a defense of

A) public necessity B) consent
C) private necessity D) mistake