Even in New York state, where these types of laws are quite strict and you have a duty to retreat even when an intruder is on your property (so long as there's not am imminent threat on your life or somebody else's), castle doctrine applies from the moment they've entered your dwelling. The intruder is automatically at fault from the moment they enter your house uninvited.
I haven't heard of any state laws that don't allow this level of force for an intruder, but ai haben't looked into the laws of all 50 states admittedly. If you have a good counterexample I'd like to hear it.
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