Rarer than any metal, any mineral, so rare that if you scan the entire earth, all six million billion billion kilos or 13,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds of our planet, you would find only one ounce of it?
Self-defense is a common defense by a person accused of assault, battery, or homicide. The force used in self-defense may be sufficient for protection from apparent harm (not just an empty verbal threat) or to halt any danger from attack, but cannot be an excuse to continue the attack or use excessive force.
Self-defense is a common strategy in Nevada to fight such charges as battery, battery domestic violence, and murder. And the same laws that govern self-defense also apply to the defense of others. Nevada's castle doctrine permits people in their homes and vehicles to kill violent intruders. And non-aggressors in Nevada have no duty to retreat from a conflict. In this article, our Las Vegas criminal defense lawyers answer frequently-asked-questions about how self-defense can get a defendant's criminal charges dismissed in Nevada.