Bill Summaries: S247 (2023-2024 Session)

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  • Bill S 247 (2023-2024)
    Summary date: Mar 8 2023 - View summary

    As title indicates, amends GS 14-51.2 so that the presumption that a lawful occupant of a home, vehicle, or workplace held a reasonable fear of imminent death or serious bodily harm to himself or herself or another when using defensive force does not apply when the person against whom defensive force is used is a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel who enters or attempts to enter a home, motor vehicle, or workplace in the lawful performance of his or her official  duties, and the person entering or attempting to enter gives appropriate notice of the person's identity and purpose for entering or attempting to enter, to any occupant thereof or the person using force knew or reasonably should have known that the person entering or attempting to enter was a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel in the lawful performance of his or her official duties. Incorporates definition of emergency medical services personnel under GS 131E-155 into the statute. 
    Courts/Judiciary, Criminal Justice, Criminal Law and Procedure, Government, Public Safety and Emergency Management
    GS 14

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