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86 Marq. L. Rev. 653 (2002-2003)
Of the Enemy within, the Castle Doctrine, and Self-Defense

handle is hein.journals/marqlr86 and id is 667 raw text is: MARQUETTE LAW REVIEW Volume 86 Spring 2003 Number 4 OF THE ENEMY WITHIN, THE CASTLE DOCTRINE, AND SELF-DEFENSE CATHERINE L. CARPENTER* I. INTRO D U CTIO N ................................................................................... 654 II. A COMPARATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CASTLE D O CT R IN E ...................................................................................... 662 A. Overview of the Castle Doctrine in Defense of Habitation and Self-Defense .............................. 662 B. The Castle Doctrine's Applicability to Cohabitants ................ 669 1. Power of the Sanctuary ............................................................ 672 2. Emphasis on Shared Possessory Interests ............................. 675 C. The Limited Duty to Retreat: Conflicting Policies at Work in F lorida ............................................................................................. 678 III. CHALLENGING THE ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE COHABITANT EXCEPTION ............................................................... 685 A. The Requirement of an Intrusion ................................................ 685 B. Lawfulness of Deadly Cohabitant's Possession ......................... 686 C. Usurping the Innocent Cohabitant's Personal Right of Sanctuary ....................................................................................... 689 IV. ALTERNATIVE VIEWS TO THE COHABITANT EXCEPTION .......... 693 A. Minnesota's Return to Reasonableness ..................................... 694 B. Washington D.C.'s Comment on the Failure to Retreat .......... 697 V . C O N CLU SIO N ....................................................................................... 700 * Professor of Law, Southwestern University School of Law. I would like to thank Professors Norman Garland and Dennis Yokoyama for their valuable insights, my research assistants Janet Philibosian and Jaison Benjamin for their contribution to the research effort, Laurae Rossi whose seminar paper on Weiand piqued my interest and provoked the larger issue for consideration, and my son, David Carpenter, whose gift of language inspired me.

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