The defendant comes out of a restaurant long enough to see someone attempting to speed away in

the defendant's luxury sedan. Drawing a gun, for which the defendant has legal authority to carry, the
defendant fires and kills the driver. If the driver's family sues the defendant and the defendant claims
the defense of privilege, the defendant will

A) lose at trial because the driver was acting out of private necessity
B) win at trial since the driver's death was an avoidable accident
C) lose at trial since the defendant used a disproportionate amount of force, thereby exceeding
a privilege to use force
D) win at trial because of a mistake


C

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