STATE v. SULU-KERR

No. 1 CA-CR 22-0565.

542 P.3d 1175 (2024)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Tia Lyn Nicole SULU-KERR, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

Filed January 25, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arizona Attorney General's Office, Phoenix, By Andrew Reilly , Counsel for Appellee.

Yuma County Public Defender's Office, Yuma, By Robert J. Trebilcock , Counsel for Appellant.

Presiding Judge D. Steven Williams delivered the Court's opinion, in which Judge Samuel A. Thumma and Judge Paul J. McMurdie joined.


OPINION

¶1 In Arizona, a person generally may avail herself of a self-defense justification as a defense to a Title 13 charge only if she acted with force after another's use of unlawful force. But an occupant of a vehicle facing a forceful entry or removal by another may respond with force even if the other...

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