What is the test for a defendant to justify a act of self-defense?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hahn, 2d Crim. No. B301029 (Cal. App. 2020):
To justify an act as done in self-defense, the defendant must have a subjective and objectively reasonable belief that bodily injury is about to be inflicted upon him. (People v. Brady
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