When Does Probable Cause Outweigh a Suspect’s Stand Your Ground Defense?
It's true that officers must evaluate the totality of the circumstances to dete [...]
Is the Castle Doctrine a Reasonable Defense to Shooting the Suspect as She Walks Away from the Home?
We find the jury did not lose its way in finding the State proved beyond a reas [...]
Is it Reasonable Corporal Punishment for a Grandmother to Stun-Gun a Fifteen Year in the Chest During a Mental Health Crisis?
The State presented evidence that Ms. Webster deployed the stun gun against a c [...]
Does Throwing Empty Food Cans and Verbal Taunts Create Imminent Danger of Death Warranting a Deadly Self-Defense?
Mr. Johnson chose to repeatedly fire a gun at the victims, acting with an amoun [...]
Is the Text “She’s Going to Get Her Ass Beat” Enough Provocation to Use Pepper Spray in Self-Defense Against the Sender?
[I]t is well-established that "words alone 'will not constitute sufficient prov [...]
Can a Person Shoot Another in the Back in Self-Defense for Sending Profane Text Messages?
Mr. Helmondollar's decision to shoot Roe in the back was deadly force and was d [...]
Was the Stripper’s Punch to the Nose, Hair Pulling and Kick to the Abdomen of Another Stripper Felonious Assault or Self-Defense?
Ms. Smith not only escalated the situation by verbally threatening A.G., but fu [...]
Can Punching a Boyfriend, Dragging Him by His Hair and Repeatedly Choking Him Rise to the Level of Self-Defense?
[T]he state proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Ms. Himes created the situati [...]
The Three Elements of the Self-Defense Doctrine are Applied to a Lost Dreadlock on a Domestic Violence Call
While Mr. Gibson testified that Ms. Turner attacked him first (pulling out his [...]
Both Gail and Million Claim Self-Defense in a Domestic Violence Assault
What is the Self-Defense Standard? And Whom to Believe? Having carefully review [...]