California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Guzman, B243895 (Cal. App. 2014):
"The doctrine of self-defense embraces two types: perfect and imperfect." (People v. Rodarte, supra, 223 Cal.App.4th at p. 1168.) To warrant a perfect self-defense instruction there must be substantial evidence in the record that the defendant actually
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