Bill > S2156

This bill proposes to amend existing law to create a "rebuttable defense" for the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle if someone dies or is injured while committing a robbery of that vehicle, provided the owner or occupant acted in self-defense and reasonably believed the robber was about to cause them or another person great bodily harm or death. A rebuttable defense means that the presumption of self-defense can be challenged and disproven with evidence. The bill also clarifies that the vehicle owner or occupant has no duty to retreat from a robber. This change specifically adds robbery of a motor vehicle, as defined in section 11-39-2, to the existing law that already provides this defense for other enumerated offenses.

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