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In reply to the discussion: So, I Have The Right To Stalk Someone and If They Fight Back, I Can Kill Them, Claiming Self Defense [View all]ctaylors6
(693 posts)if a person "stalks" someone else, that's a 3rd degree felony and would almost certainly negate any claim of self-defense.
Definition of stalk (felony version) under FL law: Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person, and makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury of the person, or the person's child, sibling, spouse, parent, or dependent, commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree.
Edited to add: There's also misdemeanor stalking, defined as "Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person commits the offense of stalking, a misdemeanor of the first degree"