Justifiable Use Of Force

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Conduct, excluding Class A felonies or murder, may be justifiable if necessary to prevent imminent harm, provided its not the actors fault. The need to prevent harm must outweigh the offense defined by law.

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Unless inconsistent with other provisions of this chapter defining justifiable use of physical force, or with some other provision of law, conduct which would otherwise constitute any offense other than a class A felony or murder is justifiable and not criminal when it is necessary as an emergency measure to avoid an imminent public or private injury which is about to occur by reason of a situation occasioned or developed through no fault of the actor, and which is of such gravity that, according to ordinary standards of intelligence and morality, the desirability of avoiding the injury outweighs the desirability of avoiding the injury sought to be prevented by the statute defining the offense charged.
Hi Dee! It looks like you're inquiring about the legal concept of "justifiable use of physical force" in Missouri. This generally means that certain actions may be excused under the law if they are necessary to prevent imminent harm. Can you tell me more about your specific situation or question related to this?
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The paragraph you provided refers to the legal concept of "justification" for actions that might otherwise be considered criminal. It means that conduct, excluding Class A felonies or murder, may be ****med justifiable if it's necessary to prevent imminent harm, provided it's not the actor's fault. The need to prevent harm must outweigh the offense defined by law.