# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 411
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@Ulysses, I’m sorry you forgot the part of law school where they taught about omissions as legally relevant acts for criminal liability purposes, but I’m not going to do basic legal research for you. The issue we’ve been discussing has nothing to do with “notice” or “vagueness” and everything to do with concepts of law so well-established that they are _fundamental_ to becoming an attorney. > [@Do you have to call 911 if you injure an intruder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-call-911-if-you-injure-an-intruder/995132/29): > > It’s not murder because the OP expressly presumed self defense (“…if I’m acting in self-defense?”). If you have a citation for a statute (ETA in the criminal context) that confers a duty to render aid or summon authorities after defending oneself, I’d be very interested to read it. “Immediate” matters because the OP inquired whether one could “let them die before calling the police.” And, as noted in my prior posts, because I’m aware of no law that makes it a crime to fail to immediately report… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._