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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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