Mobley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “The events that transpired next [the incident that was the basis for Mobley’s S.tand-Your-Ground defense] were captured on a security camera recording made outside the restaurant, and, for the most part, are beyond dispute. [[Image here]] [T]he shooting at issue did not occur in a vacuum. Mobley did not shoot two innocent bystanders who just happened upon him on a sidewalk. The record — as corroborated by a video of the events — is that (1) Mobley found himself in the middle of a violent, unprovoked attack on a companion who was standing right next to him, by one of two men who earlier had engaged in an altercation to which he was a witness; (2) after the initial violent attack on Mobley's friend, the attacker immediately turned his attention to Mobley; (3) less than four seconds after that, the first attacker was joined by the second man involved in the altercation inside the restaurant; and (4) when the second man reached under his shirt after rushing up to join his companion who had not abandoned the field, Mobley believed the second man was reaching for a weapon to continue the attack.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Viera v. State

2. “Under the appellate court's standard of review in a Stand Your Ground case, the trial court's findings of fact are 'presumed correct and can be reversed only if they are not supported by competent substantial evidence, while the trial court's legal conclusions are reviewed de novo.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Toiran v. State