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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1261694" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>A diminished or no longer obvious threat lessens the protection from prosecution that many self protection/deadly force Doctrines provide? Not exactly. "percieved" threat comes in to play. And IF the bad guy has made an attempt to break off the confrontation (leave without taking or harming anything) you'd be on shaky legal ground if you shot and killed him. </p><p>Deadly force is not authorized for simple trespass tho. </p><p></p><p>Really, it comes down to how a local prosecutor interprets Sections 9.31 and 9.32. There's lots of leeway there.</p><p>Joe Horn shot and killed the guys robbing his neighbors home as they were leaving the property and never served a day in jail, but the prosecutor didn't push it--that was before the latest amendments to Texas "castle law". Current law plainly states deadly force is authorized if the actor (home owner) reasonably believes there is no other way to recover stolen property.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1261694, member: 18945"] A diminished or no longer obvious threat lessens the protection from prosecution that many self protection/deadly force Doctrines provide? Not exactly. "percieved" threat comes in to play. And IF the bad guy has made an attempt to break off the confrontation (leave without taking or harming anything) you'd be on shaky legal ground if you shot and killed him. Deadly force is not authorized for simple trespass tho. Really, it comes down to how a local prosecutor interprets Sections 9.31 and 9.32. There's lots of leeway there. Joe Horn shot and killed the guys robbing his neighbors home as they were leaving the property and never served a day in jail, but the prosecutor didn't push it--that was before the latest amendments to Texas "castle law". Current law plainly states deadly force is authorized if the actor (home owner) reasonably believes there is no other way to recover stolen property. [/QUOTE]
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