“Stand Your Ground” Has Got to F***ing Go.

[X_Digger]

76. California does not have a law with that title, but all juries in homicide cases that assert SD

Are given those instructions:

http://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/calcrim_juryins.pdf#page=289

Go ahead, tell me that California's own courts are wrong.

The judicial rulings relate to your questioning that stand one's ground is an old concept.

The laws in some states are explicit. (FL, TX, etc.)

The jury instructions for California are applied to self-defense cases, therefore are relevant.

California has 'Stand Your Ground' by judicial practice, but not law.

In all three cases (California, Texas, Florida), one is not required to retreat before defending themselves. And in all three, the same 'reasonable person' standard is applied, not some nebulous 'feeling'.


eta: LOL, from your own link:

States that have adopted a stand your ground doctrine through judicial interpretation of their self-defense laws are not included in this list:

California is one of those states.

eta2:

You will notice that California is NOT on the list of states with SYG laws.

And you will notice that California is also NOT on the list of states with a duty to retreat.