Learning Objectives

1. Define and explain the significance of the pre­sumption of innocence.

2. Distinguish between justifications and excuses.

3. Differentiate between affirmative defenses and mitigating circumstances.

4. List and explain the elements of self-defense.

5. State the two tests for the defense of others.

6. State the law on defense of the home.

7. Define the fleeing felon rule.

8. Distinguish between the American and the Euro­pean rules for resistance to an unlawful arrest.

9. State the elements of the necessity defense.

10. List the three situations in which the law recog­nizes consent as a defense to criminal conduct.