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STATE v. DESHOTEL

No. 96-KK-0778.

674 So.2d 260 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana v. James Carl DESHOTEL.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 31, 1996.

PER CURIAM.

Writ granted; case remanded. Louisiana sanctions the use of deadly force to prevent commission of a violent or forcible felony carrying the risk of death or of great bodily harm directed against the person. La.Rev.Stat. 14:20(2); State v. Plumlee, 177 La. 687, 698-699, 149 So. 425 (1933); Carmouche v. Bouis, 6 La.Ann. 95, 97 (1851); State v. Chandler, 5 La.Ann. 489, 490-491 (1850). Other jurisdictions share this approach.

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