California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Marenco, F057814, No. MF46884 (Cal. App. 2010):
"The subjective elements of self-defense and imperfect self-defense are identical. Under each theory, the appellant must actually believe in the need to defend himself against imminent peril to life or great bodily injury. To require instruction on either theory, there must be evidence from which the jury could find that appellant actually had such a belief." (People v. Viramontes (2001) 93 Cal.App.4th 1256, 1262.)
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