South Carolina Supreme Court stays murder trial to look into "stand your ground" (Read 2534 times)

michalebsdad

HiCarry

From the article:

Defense attorney Jack Swerling, who has argued several "Stand Your Ground" cases, says the Supreme Court is not going to decide whether "Stand Your Ground" applies in this case. "What they did is they stepped in on strictly a procedural issue, not the law, not the merits of the argument, but just whether or not he had a right to appeal it and whether or not the trial had a right to go forward,"  he says.

In fact, he says there's no way Isaac could win immunity using the "Stand Your Ground" law. "The statute itself says that you cannot be engaged in an unlawful act, so burglary clearly is an unlawful act, and therefore it should not be, and I don't believe it will be, available to him," he says.

michalebsdad

Yep, but they managed to stop the trail to even deal with this bs!

HiCarry

If you have ever been involved in trial planning or preparation, you'd realize that procedural maneuvering is a tactic used by both sides....it is, for better or worse, part of the system....

michalebsdad

I fortunately have not, therefore...you win  :D  I could never be a lawyer, I would stroke out for sure!