Will someone please explain if stand your ground was used as a defense in the Zimmerman trial?

[Yo_Mama]

21. No, because according to the statement Zimmerman gave the police

he never had an opportunity to leave the final confrontation, therefore the "duty to retreat" standard of common law would not apply in this case whether it were law or not in FL. His statement was at least partially confirmed by the statements of other witnesses.

However, the overall statutes in FL related to self-defense claims did mean that the police could not arrest Zimmerman until it was determined that they had probable cause to determine that a crime had occurred.

The duty to retreat always meant the duty to retreat before using deadly force IF YOU COULD retreat, and generally there was a recognized exception if defenseless others were involved. In other words, a man confronting an armed intruder in his living room would generally be considered to have the duty to retreat through the back door if he could unless he was being threatened with death if he attempted retreat, but if he had a wife and children upstairs, the duty to retreat did not pertain.

The Florida statutes which apply are in Chapter 776
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0776/0776ContentsIndex.html&StatuteYear=2012&Title=-%3E2012-%3EChapter%20776

SYG is in 776.013.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0776/Sections/0776.013.html

The provision forbidding the police to arrest him until they determined that they had probable cause to rebut his self-defense claim is in 776.032:
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0776/Sections/0776.032.html