Arizona SB 1567: justification; criminal offenses

Status: House Second Reading (as of 2020-03-11)

State: Arizona · Session: 54th-2nd-regular · Bill: SB 1567

Subjects: CRIMINAL CODE - TITLE 13, CRIMINAL OFFENSES, JUSTIFICATION

Sponsors: Lupe Contreras, Andrea Dalessandro, David Bradley, Jamescita Peshlakai, Juan Mendez, Lela Alston, Martin Quezada, Rebecca Rios, Sally Ann Gonzales, Sean Bowie, Tony Navarrete, Victoria Steele

Bill Text

SB1567 - 542R - S Ver 

 Senate Engrossed

 State of 
 Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-fourth 
 Legislature

 Second Regular 
 Session

 2020

 SENATE BILL 1567

AN ACT

amending section 
13‑401, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to justification.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 13-401, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-401. Unavailability of justification defense; justification as defense

A. Even though a person is justified under this 
chapter in threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force against 
another, if in doing so such person recklessly injures or kills an innocent 
third person, the justification afforded by this chapter is unavailable in a 
prosecution for the reckless injury or killing of the innocent third person.

B. Except as provided in subsection A 
of this section, justification, as defined prescribed in this chapter, is a defense in any prosecution 
for an a criminal offense pursuant to this title. END_STATUTE

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