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Code · Michigan · Chapter 780 — Criminal Procedure

780.974 Right to use deadly force; effect of act on common law.

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780.974 Right to use deadly force; effect of act on common law.
Sec. 4.
This act does not diminish an individual's right to use deadly force or force other than deadly force in self-defense or defense of another individual as provided by the common law of this state in existence on October 1, 2006.
History: 2006, Act 309 , Eff. Oct. 1, 2006
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