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to use deadly force, you must have a reasonable fear that your life is in danger, or while affecting a citizens arrest on a violent felon during commission of a violent felony. Murder, rape, robbery, burglary, mayhem, assault, etc.

also, we learned in law school, that deadly force is deadly force. If you shoot someone in the leg, or in the head... the result is the same if they die. (and yes, you can die from a leg shot) The result is the same if they do not die.

The bottom line is for self-defense to work, you need to be able to make the jury believe that you believed at the time that your life was in danger.