Stand-Your-Ground & Necessity Defense
Today's show briefs a use-of-force decision out of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Although the decision is from 2017, it covers a number of interesting use-of-force decisions. In a Stand-Your-Ground state, does being engaged in unlawful activity at the time of the event cost you ONLY your Stand-Your-Ground privilee, or does it lose you the entirety of self-defense? Who decides if you were engaged in unlawful activity at the time--the trial judge, on the one hand, or the jury, on the other? Does...