Can you cite any specific statutes that say you can't confront trespassers or burglars on your own property?
Apparently in AZ you cant.
Can you cite any specific statutes that say you can't confront trespassers or burglars on your own property?
I believe you are confusing two separate issues here.WINSTON said:That is what opened him up to a law suit from the thief's family.
However, I am open-minded on this. Can you cite any specific statutes that say you can't confront trespassers or burglars on your own property?
I believe you are confusing two separate issues here.
One is that in the OP, the man will not be charged in a criminal proceeding. The other, the one you mentioned, the man was sued in a civil court. The two are not the same.
The man in the OP may still be sued in civil court. We only know that he will not be criminally charged.
But you have to know what you are doing by escalating the situation. By going outside. It is escalating the situation. Armed or unarmed.
I'd recommend the murderer do all he can to protect his interest in his house
The poor drunk was drunk!
Obviously, some of you have no regard for the value and sanctity of human life.
The man was DRUNK. Have you ever been DRUNK, and done things you later regretted? Or are you 'holier than thou'?