Grosse Tete |
Code of Ordinances |
CODE OF ORDINANCES |
Chapter 28. OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Article III. CULPABILITY |
§ 28-68. Defense of others.
Latest version.
It is justifiable to use force or violence or to kill in the defense of another person when it is reasonably apparent that the person attacked could have justifiably used such means himself, and when it is reasonably believed that such intervention is necessary to protect the other person.
(Code 2004, § 14.22)
State law reference
Defense of others, R.S. 14:22.