Self-Defense Immunity Win! Final Day!

Law of Self Defense - A podcast by Attorney Andrew F. Branca

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 hearing judge, freeing Casado of criminal liability for this killing, and preventing the prosecution fro...