re: #709 palomino

There’s no disagreement to be had here, at least not on this particular issue. The timing of your beating is irrelevant. The relevant portion is whether, at the time you killed, you were reasonably in fear of death.

The rest is subjective, for a jury to decide. If you’ve already been struck by your assailant, however, you’ve got a much stronger case for self-defense than if you were protecting yourself from anticipated, but not yet delivered, punches.

There we go. That is all I have been saying all along. However before a jury decides, our system of justice asks that the District Attorney decide if charges should be made.