probably luck and the difference between being in the DC suburbs and on the eastern shore. IANAL but that's my thought. Also, the dude in the case I'm talking about died. And it's possible that your friend was smart enough to shut up until his friends got him a lawyer. Wesley was not; he was totally convinced he was in the right. He'd been saying stuff like you are saying now and they could not have me testify about the pattern of this guy breaking in because I would have had to talk about him saying that stuff -- which would have reinforced premeditation.
On 11/28/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > um ya. Dana. > i have a VERY good friend who was being > robbed (doesnt matter what was going on) > the intruder was in his house, he shot him in the > back, as he was runing out the door. > > terry, got nothing. > so, im not sure what other extenuating circumstances > there were, but i know for a fact my boy terry got NOTHING. > > tony > > On 11/27/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > um, ya. Tony, you might want to be aware that I know someone who got > twenty > > years, in the state of Maryland, for shooting someone who came into his > > house and was beating up his roommate, an elderly man. He got out in > five > > mind you but I don't imagine the five years were fun. > > > > On 11/27/07, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Actually, it's not at all that simple. > > > > > > Talk to an attorney who *successfully* specializes in gun defense > cases in > > > numerous states and he'll give you an earful. > > > > > > Pay particular attention to how your own state's laws work (according > to > > > the > > > attorney you retain for guidance -- not through your own naïve > layperson's > > > misinterpretation), but it's good to hear how different states' self > > > defense > > > laws contrast and compare. > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > > President > > > Productivity Enhancement > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:29 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: we are always SO on topic here > > > > > > THEY WERE BURGLARIZING SOMEONES HOUSE > > > > > > all bets off table for them at that point. > > > > > > wtf > > > > > > > > > On 11/27/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I read the transcripts when someone posted the link here. It sounded > to > > > me > > > > like he was just antsy to use his gun. Self-defence is supposed to > be > > > when > > > > you personally are in danger, not when your neighbor had a burglar. > If > > > we > > > > were talkng about some tiny toon where the nearest law was an hour > away > > > even > > > > -- they do have those in texas -- but this was a Houston suburb with > the > > > > police already on the way. I think it's disproportionate force. > > > > > > > > On 11/27/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I don't know about this scenario. It's got a vigilante justice > feel > > > > > to it. If I were investigating, I'd be making sure that he didn't > > > > > shoot first and then drag them over to his property. > > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > Caller: "Boom. You're dead." (Sounds of gunshots) "Get the law > over > > > > > here quick. I've managed to get one of them, he's in the front > yard > > > > > over there. He's down, the other one is running down the street. I > had > > > > > no choice. They came in the front yard with me, man. I had no > choice. > > > > > </snip> > > > > > > > > > > This makes it sound like he was hunting them. Reminds me of the > > > > > southpark episode where Jimbo and Ned get around hunting > regulations > > > > > by yelling "It's coming right for us!" in order to kill the animal > in > > > > > "self-defense" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/27/07, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Funny were talking about this the other day. Anyone read > > > > > this? Honestly, I > > > > > > think this guy should get off scot-free. But he'll probably get > > > fucked > > > > > in > > > > > > the end, and while he's in jail, some shit-dick will break into > his > > > > > house > > > > > > and steal all his shit. > > > > > > > > > > > > Protecting Neighbor's Home Self-Defense?Testing "Castle > Doctrine," > > > Grand > > > > > > Jury To Decide If Texas Man Was Right To Kill Burglars > > > > > > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/16/national/main3511528.shtml > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247115 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
