What is Florida’s stand-your-ground law? – StechLaw Criminal Defense

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So stand your ground law means that as your attorney, if you were defending yourself, we can file a stand your ground motion in front of the judge and we can argue that your actions were reasonable under the circumstances to repel deadly or undeadly force. Once we file that motion, the government has to establish and prove that you did not have the legal right to defend yourself under the circumstances. And if a judge finds that the government or the prosecutor has not proven its case, the entire case gets dismissed. And that’s

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all forms of violent contact. That can mean a gun case, a battery case, a knife case, a deadly weapon case. So the stand your ground is one of the most effective defenses when arguing that you were able that you were defending yourself under the circumstances.

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