Bill Text: AZ SB1567 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Justification; criminal offenses
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-11 - House read second time [SB1567 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-SB1567-Introduced.html
REFERENCE TITLE: justification; criminal offenses |
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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SB 1567 |
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Introduced by Senators Contreras: Alston, Bowie, Bradley, Dalessandro, Gonzales, Mendez, Navarrete, Peshlakai, Quezada, Rios, Steele
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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:
13-401. 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.