Felon Gets Immunity for Gun Use in Self-Defense
Felon Gets Immunity for Gun Use in Self-Defense
(CN) - A convicted felon who shot and killed an acquaintance on a Florida street in 2010 is entitled to immunity under the Stand Your Ground law, a state appeals court ruled.
Aaron Little had been charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, but he claimed that he shot Demond Brooks in self-defense.
The decision notes that, without apparent provocation, Brooks had leaped from the backseat of a car, pulled two handguns from his waistband, pointed them at Little and yelled that he was "going to make it rain."
A woman who heard the commotion outside her door went out on her porch at which point Little ran into her home and pulled a handgun out of his pocket.
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The court refused to waver even though Little, as a felon in possession of a firearm, was engaged in an unlawful activity at the time he used the deadly force.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/04/12/56645.htm
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