Section 198 Of Chapter 1. Homicide From California Penal Code >> Title 8. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.

. A bare fear of the commission of any of the offenses mentioned in subdivisions 2 and 3 of Section 197, to prevent which homicide may be lawfully committed, is not sufficient to justify it. But the circumstances must be sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person, and the party killing must have acted under the influence of such fears alone.