Any other person, in aid or defense of the person about to be injured, may make resistance sufficient to prevent the offense.
Code 1858, § 4930; Shan., § 6891; Code 1932, § 11415; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-103.
Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 28.74.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Criminal Procedure, § 10.
Law Reviews.
The Prevalence and Use of Criminal Defenses: A Preliminary Study (Neil P. Cohen, Michael G. Johnson, Tracy B. Henley), 60 Tenn. L. Rev. 957 (1993).