“Under Utah law, this is called “imperfect self-defense,” which applies when someone believes they were defending themselves but were not legally justified.”
I swear, there must be a Billion shades of grey in the legal system.
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His defense was seriously “she was yelling at me and I didn’t know if she had a weapon”?
Let’s say he’s lucky I wasn’t on that jury.
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I swear there was a lack of grey matter in the jury’s head. They are the ones that decided the case. Twelve people that apparently slept during the trial if everything in the article is true. 1 to 15 years. Cut that in half for good behavior and he could be out in 6 months. Sometimes I question why I love this country so much.
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Very true.
And generally, actually observing a weapon or something capable of inflicting lethal force or great bodily harm is what helps your lawyer prove
I don’t understand this jury’s verdict. I would not have gone with imperfect self defense in this case.
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That would have been my conclusion had I been a juror.
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Soooooo,…. What youre saying is this wouldn’t qualify as self defense?
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That’s according to whether the dummy said something he didn’t like!
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I think he got off easy! Lack of clear identification of a deadly threat is high on my list of reasons why. In this world where mean words are a micro aggression, he started the confrontation. Just sayin’
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