Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you an appellate court decision handed down earlier this week out of Mississippi that touches upon one of the many exceptions to the general prohibition on hearsay evidence …

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Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you a brief appellate court decision out of New Jersey, handed down just last week on August 18, 2021.  As usual, the legal practicalities discussed in today’s content …

Are You Assuming the Trial Judge Knows How To Do His Job? Want to Bet? Read More »

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you the audio of my appearance this last Sunday, August 17, 2021, on Armed American Radio, hosted by Mark Walters. Enjoy the show! OK, folks, that’s all I …

SECOND SHOW! Andrew on Armed American Radio with host Mark Walters Read More »

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you a court decision handed down just yesterday—that’s right, yesterday!—by an Illinois appellate court involving a woman who pepper sprayed (OC’d) an aggressor attempting to open her locked …

OC Aggressor Attempting to Open Car Door, Go To Jail? Court Says: Yes Read More »

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you the audio of my appearance this last Sunday, August 15, 2021, on Armed American Radio, hosted by Mark Walters. As it happens, I’m scheduled to be on …

Attorney Andrew F. Branca on Armed American Radio with host Mark Walters Read More »

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you a court of appeals decision out of Illinois, not so much because it breaks any new legal ground, but because this single case happens to touch upon …

ONE Appellate Decision, TONS of Essential Use-Of-Force Law Read More »

Welcome to today’s Law of Self Defense Members-only content! I am, of course, Attorney Andrew Branca, for Law of Self Defense. Today I’d like to share with you the decision by a Texas court of appeals three-judge panel to reject the request by former police officer Amber Guyger for a reversal of her murder conviction …

Amber Guyger Appeal Rejected: Importance of Legal Terms of Art Read More »