What is "transferred intent"?
The intent of the crime is transferred. If I had intent to shoot person A in their sleep, and mistakenly walked into person B's aparment and shot them. It's still 1st degree murder due to transfered intent.
In this case the defendant has no intent to commit murder, only to protect himself with deadly force. There is no Mens Rea. It may be involuntary manslaughter, but you would need to prove gross negligence.
I only have a bachelor's level degree in CJ, so I'm not a lawyer, but I've taken a few law classes. I could and may be wrong.
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