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Florida “Warning Shot” Bill Passes Senate, Heads to Governor’s Desk

Posted by Andrew Branca on April 03, 2014 26 Comments

SB-448 enhances Florida self-defense law by treating threat and use of defensive force the same, allowing expunction of criminal history

Video: Kansas City policeman shoots attacker on top and punching

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 25, 2014 139 Comments

Zimmerman redux: Police officer having head beaten into sidewalk by unarmed attacker draws his pistol, kills attacker

Off-Duty Cop Road Rage Murder Trial – next big self-defense case

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 23, 2014 192 Comments

The shooter was black and the victim white, but there's a big legal difference from Zimmerman and Dunn: In Maryland there is a legal duty to retreat.

Stand Your Ground law is not a “license to kill”

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 17, 2014 166 Comments

Law Professor pundits confuse general principles of self-defense law with Stand Your Ground, and contribute to the confusion.

Looking at “Loud Music” Murder Trial deliberations through race-colored glasses

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 15, 2014 20 Comments

Will verdict change or confirm preconceived notions of the role of race in the case?

“Loud Music” Murder Trial Day 4: Entire Self Defense Narrative At Risk

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 10, 2014 53 Comments

Evidence so far inadequate even for SD instruction; seems likely Dunn testifies tomorrow

http://www.news4jax.com/New-judge-same-outcome-for-Dunn/-/475982/21006796/-/9xcnabz/-/index.html

“Loud Music” Murder Trial: Who is Judge Russell Healey?

Posted by Andrew Branca on February 02, 2014 18 Comments

A deeper look at a Judge struggling with his first high-profile case

“Loud Music” Murder Trial: Discovery Held Hostage, or Media Being Stingy?

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 28, 2014 27 Comments

Last Friday we noted that Circuit Judge Russell Healey, presiding over the trial of Michael Dunn, had denied a defense motion to limit media access to discovery evidence consisting of many hours of recorded phone conversations between Dunn and others while he was in jail...

Next Florida self-defense trial: Loud music, teens in a car and a shooting

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 08, 2014 75 Comments

Plus more of the eccentric Florida legal process

FL Appellate Court Grants Self Defense Immunity To Black Defender

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 04, 2014 49 Comments

The evening of February 27, 2008, in the Miami area, Gabriel Mobley and a friend were viciously attacked by two men. Using his licensed concealed carry pistol, Mr. Mobley successfully fought off the attack, killing both of the aggressors. He was charged with two counts...

Analysis: Self-Defense Claim May be Legally Weak in Michigan Porch Shooting

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 27, 2013 58 Comments

Earlier this month, a man allegedly shot a woman through the front screen door of his porch when the woman knocked or banged on it after reportedly crashing her car nearby in suburban Detroit, Michigan. The case has since made news headlines. I’ve been asked...

Sanford Police Chief Walks Back “No Guns on Neighborhood Watch” Policy

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 06, 2013 21 Comments

Although it had been widely reported (including right here at Legal Insurrection) that the Sanford, FL police department had banned Neighborhood Watch volunteers from being lawfully armed, Police Chief Cecil Smith now says that this policy was miscommunicated to the public. It remains true that...

Sanford, FL to ban Neighborhood Watch from carrying guns

Posted by Andrew Branca on October 30, 2013 108 Comments

Reuters reports that Sanford, Florida — the town where George Zimmerman successfully and lawfully defended his life by shooting and killing a vicious attacker, Trayvon Martin — has passed new rules for how neighborhood watch volunteers may conduct themselves. In particular, it forbids them from...

“Stand Your Ground” opponents mangle law and Trayvon facts at Senate Hearing

Posted by Andrew Branca on October 29, 2013 32 Comments

Ted Cruz, Louie Gohmert and Dr. John Lott set the record and the law straight

South Carolina Father Wins Self-Defense Immunity in Shooting of Bystander

Posted by Andrew Branca on October 10, 2013 25 Comments

A father in South Carolina who fired his handgun in self-defense–and in the process killing an apparent innocent bystander–has successfully argued that he is not subject to criminal or civil liability under the state’s self-defense immunity law. South Carolina’s self-defense immunity statute–§16-11-450. Immunity from criminal...

Florida Senate “Stand Your Ground” panel advocates for lawsuits against people who lawfully defend themselves

Posted by Andrew Branca on October 10, 2013 18 Comments

The Orlando Sentinel reports that an ad hoc Florida state Senate panel, drawn together specifically to advocate changes to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, has emerged to announce that there should be changes to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. The key change sought by the panel is...

FL Commission on Ethics Launches Investigation of Prosecutor Angela Corey

Posted by Andrew Branca on September 27, 2013 69 Comments

Sometimes what comes around, goes around. The Washington Times is reporting that the Florida Commission on Ethics has launched an investigation of controversial State prosecutor Angela Corey over her firing of IT director Ben Kruidbos in the aftermath of the prosecutorial debacle that was the...

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