When Rachel gets back home after work, her alcoholic boyfriend holds her at gunpoint and assaults her sexually. She pulls the gun from him and in the scuffle that follows, she pushes him down the stairs. As he rolls down, he accidently shoots himself. The jury is most likely to treat this as ______

A. an act of sexual assault.
B. an act of self-defense.
C. first-degree murder.
D. a case of battering.


Answer: B

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