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The prosecution no longer needs to prove that you perpetrated the act. By claiming self defense, you start out by admitting that you shot the guy ... but then you go on to claim that it was a legally justified homicide because the guy was shot (by you) in the act of committing a felony against you.
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Yup the prosector no longer needs to prove you done it. Now you gotta prove it was the other guy committing a justifiable felony ... not just claiming it was a justifiable felony, but proving it. Not always easy to do and always costly.
As MLeak points out it comes down to those jurors deciding what is reasonable, excusable, justifiable .... In San Francisco I suspect the same facts would be decided differently than in Dallas.