A.R.S. § 13-406: Defense of a Third Person
Justification; defense of a third person
When can you use force to defend someone else in Arizona?
In Arizona, a person is justified in using physical or deadly physical force to defend a third person if, under the circumstances as a reasonable person would see them, that same force would have been justified in self-defense against the threat the third person faces.
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13-406. Justification; defense of a third person
A person is justified in threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force against another to protect a third person if, under the circumstances as a reasonable person would believe them to be, such person would be justified under section 13-404 or 13-405 in threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force to protect himself against the unlawful physical force or deadly physical force a reasonable person would believe is threatening the third person he seeks to protect.
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