Self-Defense Immunity Win! The Defense on Offense!
On the evening of May 29, 2021, Luis Casado shot and killed a man on a sidewalk outside a bar in St. Augustine FL, after being subject by that man to a barehanded attack. Indicted on a charge of manslaughter with a weapon, Casado demanded a self-defense immunity hearing, as permitted under Florida law. The result of the four-day immunity hearing was a grant of immunity by the h earing judge, freeing Casado of criminal liability for this killing, and preventing the prosecution f...