Question

Can you claim self defense if you are committing a crime

Answer 1

As the other person said, it depends.

Step-by-step explanation:

If someone was aiming guns at your face or someone was trying to kill you, or maybe someone was harassing you. And you hit them back to the point they couldn't breathe, yeah you can, it should give you some wiggle space in court if you say that.

Answer 2

Depends

Step-by-step explanation:

Sometimes you can because it really depends, if you commited the crime and then claimed self defense just to reduce the time of your sentence people might belive you, but the moral of the story is , yes you can

(depending on your state)