Claudius Smith, 32, (left) was charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of 21-year-old Ricardo Sanes in MetroWest on Jan. 16, police said. (Orange County Jail, Orlando Police)
Although this time, it looks like a black shooting a Hispanic.
Each one of those will need to be accounted for in the SYG defense. I don't recall the last time i heard of a case with that may rounds spent. Not make a judgement either way but it's food to ponder in the context.
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Claudius Smith, 32, (left) was charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of 21-year-old Ricardo Sanes in MetroWest on Jan. 16, police said. (Orange County Jail, Orlando Police)
When police told Smith that Sanes appeared to only have wounds to his back, Smith reportedly claimed those must have been exit wounds. He admitted he didn't know Sanes had a gun before police told him
If this is true, this incident does not even remotely meet the SYG law
Also, I might add the "Paper" seems to be implying it's a SYG case where as there is nothing in the article that says the authorities say it was...
The Sentinel’s headline is furthering the myth that SYG was a factor in Martin/Zimmerman.
Murder 1, book ‘ em Dano.
I live in Orl and read this today and laughed that the cop brought up all 6 shots were in the back and the guy said those were exit wounds! LOL
I don't look for it to happen but it would only be fair.
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Chasing plus shooting in the back plus no evidence that the dead guy assaulted or threatened the shooter SEVERELY hampers any “self defense” argument
Up to witnesses.
No good witnesses? Up to forensics (i.e. is the bullet entry in the back?).
No definite answers from forensics? Not Guilty.
And since bullet entries are in the back, it is pretty much a cut and dried murder or manslaughter.
I wonder if maybe I should get one of those backyard
surveilence systems, the neighbors cats are starting
to bug me, I could bring out the laser pointer and
make them run in circles till they drop dead.
This one is going to be tricky. Given the facts presented so far it is going to be a difficult case to try.
Importantly, the defendant or his girlfriend made a very bad mistake by trying to hide the gun or surveillance video.
The prior record of the decedent will certainly matter, but may not be admissible.
Sounds more like a “two Trayvons meet” story than a “stand your ground” story.
So.... He caught the guy and then shot him, like say, point blank, while the dead guy's gun stayed in his belt?
How else would the casings be around the dead guy?
Oh Good...
I bet Jesse Jackson is excited to hold “Justice for Ricardo” rallies!
“Smith said he grabbed Sanes’ hooded sweatshirt and tried to force Sanes back to his house ‘so the police could be called.’”
Sorry not SYG, Smith initiated the use of force when there was no threat to him.
This one is a toss-up at this point.
Are there any pictures of them when they were 12 to help tip the scales???
I’m all for SYG and a huge supporter of self defense. I’ll wait for the facts of the case to find out. But if there are wounds in the back that does not lend itself to SYG.
MetroWest is an area of nice residences, but near some of the worst ghettoes in Orlando area. Crime is always a problem.
So, I could buy a SYG defense from a MetroWest resident...there have been some nasty assaults and killings in that area over the years