· 2/10/2011
JELFO, THERESA ANNE v. JELFO, JR., JOHN MICHAEL
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- stating that a person who faces other attackers presents “an exception to the 13 *** FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** general rule that a claim of self-defense fails when deadly force is used to stop a simple assault.”
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