Travis Rudolph, the leading receiver for Florida State in 2015 and 2016, was acquitted of all charges stemming from a deadly 2021 shooting outside his home.
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Thoughts on this?
Solid stand your ground defense, imo. 4 people show up at your house with bad intent, you defend yourself. I don't understand why charges were even brought. Not much media coverage either.
Based on the article you linked, and only the article, it’s not clear it was justifiable self defense.
Hypothetically leaving a threatening situation, presumably to retreat to safety inside where there is no longer a threat, and then returning to the threatening situation with a firearm and (presumably) shooting first (article is unclear) would absolutely not meet what I believe to be a standard of self defense.
A trial, again based only on what you linked, appears to be warranted.
Remember that self defense is an affirmative defense: you admit you committed a homicide/assault/battery/whatever but that you were justified under the law in doing so.
In this case ultimately it would depend on what type of threat the men outside posed. I expect that would be at the heart of the trial. Must have been a helluva threat to be able to retreat, get a gun, and come out blasting.
Clearly the jury agreed.
Would have been no question as to a case of self defense has they entered his home. Even in CA you can use deadly force against an intruder in your home - it’s assumed their intent and presence is to cause grievous harm.
I’m not familiar with Florida’s “Stand your ground” law but my understanding was Florida’s law was nothing more than a codification of the fact that in cases of self defense there was explicitly no duty to retreat.
What does Florida say about self defense of property?
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