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You may use deadly force outside the home only if there is no reasonable opportunity to retreat and you reasonably believe that you face imminent danger of great bodily harm. A person who uses deadly force in self-defense may still face criminal charges, including murder if he or she had an opportunity to retreat.

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Submitting exhibits via MNDES is the easiest way to provide digital exhibits to the court. You must also follow Court Rules concerning exhibits, including sending the exhibits to other parties involved in your case.

Jury instructions should ideally be brief, concise, non-repetitive, relevant to the case's details, understandable to the average juror, and should correctly state the law without misleading the jury or inviting unnecessary speculation.

While many states have enacted ?stand your ground? laws, Minnesota does not have a so-called stand your ground law. Minnesota law imposes a ?duty to retreat,? which means that if a person feels threatened, he or she may only use deadly force as a last resort.

The defendant must justify using reasonable force as self-defense by demonstrating that he or she lacked a reasonable or safe opportunity to retreat. This is especially true if the attack happened outside the defendant's home. Surveillance camera footage can be instrumental in proving this element of self-defense.