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Perkins v. State

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  • 77 S.W.3d 21
  • 2002 Mo. App. LEXIS 1085
  • 2002 WL 1012570

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  • stating that defense of premises authorizes the defender to take protective acts when the intruder is seeking to cross the protective barrier of the house, and that once an intruder enters the dwelling, self-defense, and not defense of premises, applies to justify force against the intruder

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Judges: Hoff, III, Russell

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