I'm looking for some insight here.
In conversation at lunch the other day a coworker said another coworker previously did jail time for the following:
During a home invasion he shot a knife weilding intruder. He was supposedly convicted because he "escallated" the matter from knife to gun.
That led to a mention of "equal force" where my wife said "you can't shoot someone who has a knife, even I know that".
I dissagree with them that both are lethal weapons, however, the other coworked did past prison time for it.
I know I need more details of the events. Were drugs/girlfriend/whatever involved ? Was it legal for him to have a gun .... etc.
I do know it was in Fl.
I need to find out if the castle doctrine was in place at the time. If it was, what bearing would it have on this event?
Please, please, while it may be better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6 that's not the response I'm looking for.
I hope someone can point me to: Supreme court ruling "Mike Smith vs. State of __"
Thank You
In conversation at lunch the other day a coworker said another coworker previously did jail time for the following:
During a home invasion he shot a knife weilding intruder. He was supposedly convicted because he "escallated" the matter from knife to gun.
That led to a mention of "equal force" where my wife said "you can't shoot someone who has a knife, even I know that".
I dissagree with them that both are lethal weapons, however, the other coworked did past prison time for it.
I know I need more details of the events. Were drugs/girlfriend/whatever involved ? Was it legal for him to have a gun .... etc.
I do know it was in Fl.
I need to find out if the castle doctrine was in place at the time. If it was, what bearing would it have on this event?
Please, please, while it may be better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6 that's not the response I'm looking for.
I hope someone can point me to: Supreme court ruling "Mike Smith vs. State of __"
Thank You