Use-of-Force Continuum: Ohio Statutory Definitions

Ohio Rev. Code 2901.05

Effective date Mar. 28, 2019

Summary and Notes

General statute defines instances where the use of force is justifiable.

Relevant Excerpt

A person is allowed to act in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence. If, at the trial of a person who is accused of an offense that involved the person's use of force against another, there is evidence presented that tends to support that the accused person used the force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence, the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused person did not use the force in self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's residence, as the case may be.