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LEO 229 wrote:
To me.. anyone entering my home while it is occupied must want to cause harmas he or she confronts its occupants.Therefore,it isa threat to me and my family and deadly force is necessary!
The article
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police converged on a home in northeast Portland Friday after a homeowner reportedly shot and injured an intruder.
Police say evidence at the home is consistent with a forced entry and that residents in the home woke up early Friday after hearing breaking glass and someone moving around in an enclosed porch area of the home.
A 71-year-old man in the residence, Leroy Hudson,reportedly fired one shot at the suspected intruder.
The injured suspect, a 26-year-old male, was transported to a local hospital with injuries described as "life threatening." Police said he was shot in the head.
One local resident said he sees "weird people" walking around the area at all hours of the night and is not surprised at the incident.
Oregon law does permit the use of deadly force if a homeowner feels a threat is imminent.
Northeast Glisan Street between 105th and 109th Avenue was closed for several hours while police investigated the incident.
In the State of Utah...,
..."or surreptitiously or by stealth"...
It doesn't have to be a violent Entry.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=surreptitiously
1.
obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
2.
acting in a stealthy way.
3.
obtained by subreption; subreptitious.
Utah Code Section 76-2-405
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76-2-405. Force in defense of habitation.
(1) A person is justified in using force against another when and to the extent that he reasonably believes that the force is necessary to prevent or terminate the other's unlawful entry into or attack upon his habitation; however, he is justified in the use of force which is intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily injury only if:
(a) the entry is made or attempted in a violent and tumultuous manner, surreptitiously, or by stealth, and he reasonably believes that the entry is attempted or made for the purpose of assaulting or offering personal violence to any person, dwelling, or being in the habitation and he reasonably believes that the force is necessary to prevent the assault or offer of personal violence; or
(b) he reasonably believes that the entry is made or attempted for the purpose of committing a felony in the habitation and that the force is necessary to prevent the commission of the felony.
(2) The person using force or deadly force in defense of habitation is presumed for the purpose of both civil and criminal cases to have acted reasonably and had a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or serious bodily injury if the entry or attempted entry is unlawful and is made or attempted by use of force, or in a violent and tumultuous manner, or surreptitiously or by stealth, or for the purpose of committing a felony.
Amended by Chapter 252, 1985 General Session
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