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Arrest must occur immediately after the perpetration of the offense or in the case of felonies, during escape. if the observer fails to make the arrest immediately after the commission of the offense or during escape in the case of felonies, his power to do so is extinguished. a private person may arrest an offender upon reasonable and probably grounds of suspicion, that is on probable cause, which is defined as facts and circumstances that are sufficient to warrant a prudent person or one of re...

When the persons conduct is reasonable and is performed in the course of making a lawful arrest. the private person may arrest an offender if the offense is committed in his presence or within his immediate knowledge. if the offense is a felony a private person may arrest him. or by the accused admitting such a crime is being or has been committed. a private person may not act on the unsupported statement of others alone. a private citizens warrantless

Burglary it is not necessary that it be shown that a break-in occurred. to constitute entry, the evidence need only show a breaking of the plane of the structure alleged by the offender or by any part of his body or by any instrument controlled by him. the evidence need not show that an actual theft was accomplished. however, an intent to commit a theft, that is, an intent to steal is an essential element of burglary. you may infer an intent to steal where the evidence shows unlawful entry witho...

Understand demonstrative, the court is going to provide that. miss dunikoski. >> thank you. it says, in other words, this is me sort of summarizing it for you, this is the states argument, you all understand that, right? this is states argument, the states argument is that citizens arrest is for emergency situations when something is happening and theyre right in front of you and you want to go ahead and act as a citizen and arrest the person, because you just saw the crime happen. thats what it...

Just committed in your presence is a felony and the offender is attempting to escape right then and there. >> im not going to offer -- weve had this discussion. we would object. >> i join in that. >> denied. >> youll understand this is argument. the judge is going to give you the law, right? hes going to have it written out and read it to you. this is the argument, the offender is attempting to escape. so the position is what that means is, i saw the crime. i just have to try and arrest them rig...

>> reporter: the prosecution said the defendants claim of self-defense is moot since they were the initial aggressors and when it comes to making a citizens arrest, the law is clear. >> a private person may arrest an offender if the offense is committed in his presence. so, whats the problem for the defendants? well, we all know that mr. bryans on his porch. where is travis mcmichael? he is in the house. where is greg mcmichael? this all started when they saw him run down the street. >> reporter...

They never said were making an arrest. they never said we saw him commit a crime. so ladies and gentlemen, where does citizens arrest come from, because it didnt come from the defendants on february 23rd, 2020. where did it come from? so what is the law? a private person may arrest an fa offender if the offense is committed in his presence, what does that mean? right here, right now, i saw you commit an offense. okay. i saw you criminally trespass on that property, right here, right now on febru...

November and have it in your immediate knowledge. we cant tell you, synonymous, means the same thing in your presence, immediate knowledge. you immediately do know because you watched. thats what that means. it doesnt mean watching a videotape on february 11th with officer ashe. thats not what that means. a private person may arrest the offender if the offense is committed in the presence of the defendants? did ahmaud arbery commit any crime in the presence of any of these defendants? the answer...

Statement of the law that the court is going to give this jury. >> the parenthetical is not accurate. >> the parenthetical is mine. totally mine. >> i made an objection, though. im asking for a ruling. >> the parenthetical is the -- what the state is arguing, the rest is the charge of the court, the charge is going to be provided to the panel. and with the staame explanation earlier, the court will provide you the law of the case. counsel, you may proceed. >> thank you. first sentence is a priva...

And my understanding, demonstrative. the court is going to provide that. miss dunikoski. >> thank you. this is the states argument, you all understand that, right? this is just the states argument. and the states argument is that citizens arrest is for emergency situations when something happens, theyre right in front of you you want to go ahead and citizens arrest the person because you just saw the crime happen. thats what its for. so, what we have is the law enforcement, this is one again the...