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Fla. Stat. § 782.02 — Justifiable use of deadly force
Current through 2025 Florida Statutes
Part of Chapter 782: Homicide, Florida Statutes.
Full text of Fla. Stat. § 782.02
Statutory text current through the 2025 Florida Statutes. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Florida.
The use of deadly force is justifiable when a person is resisting any attempt to murder such person or to commit any felony upon him or her or upon or in any dwelling house in which such person shall be.
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