Hey folks, Welcome to a BONUS OPEN-ACCESS Law of Self Defense Cases of the Week show for August 12, 2020. Normally our Cases of the Week shows are MEMBERS-ONLY content, but occasionally we come across one we’d like to share with the broader community, and this case is one of those. People v. Lovejoy, 2020 …
Cases of the Week: Aug. 12, 2020 (Murder-for-hire ≠ Self-defense!) Read More »
Welcome Law of Self Defense Members, To our members-only Cases of the Week show for August 11, 2020: Easton v. State, 2020 Ind. App. Unpub. LEXIS 946 (IN Ct. App. 2020) Monday, August 3, 2020 You’ll note that, as always, today’s decision is linked to its full-text version–we do that to encourage you to …
Cases of the Week: August 11, 2020 (Easton v. State) Read More »
Hey folks, Before we jump into things, I’d like to give you all a heads up on a small change we’re making in how we deliver our Cases of the Week content to all of you. For some months now we’ve been producing a single Cases of the Week Show each week, on Tuesdays. It’s …
State v. Roloff: Self-defense & Necessity (Aug 5, 2020) Read More »
Hey folks, Before we jump into things, I’d like to give you all a heads up on a small change we’re making in how we deliver our Cases of the Week content to all of you. For some months now we’ve been producing a single Cases of the Week Show each week, on Tuesdays. It’s …
Cases of the Week: August 4, 2020 Read More »
Hey folks, I’ve got three very interesting appellate court decisions to share with all of you in this episode of “Cases of the Week,” all decisions handed down just last week. These cases today come out of the states of Ohio, Washington state, and another from Washington state. But if you’re not from one of …
Cases of the Week: July 28, 2020 Read More »
Hey folks, In this Cases of the Week Show we take a look at the felony unlawful use of a firearm charges brought against the St. Louis couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey this past Monday, by local Prosecutor Kim Gardner. We also examine the legal defenses–including self-defense and defense of highly-defensible property–likely to be raised …
Cases of the Week: July 22, 2020 (McCloskeys Charged) Read More »
Hey folks, This episode of Cases of the Week covers three very interesting self-defense decisions handed down in the last week from the appellate courts across the nation: The first case involves a state supreme court ruling that profoundly changes the nature of “stand-your-ground” within that state. The second case reminds us that a claim …
Cases of the Week: July 7, 2020 Read More »
Hey folks, In today’s Cases of the Week, our review of the most interesting and important use-of-force appellate court decisions (case law) of the prior week, we have three cases to share with you: These cases today come out of the states of California, Florida, and Texas. But if you’re not from one of those …
Cases of the Week: June 30, 2020 Read More »
TRANSCRIPT: Welcome, everybody. Welcome to the Law of Self Defense Cases of the Week Show for June 23, 2020. I am Attorney Andrew Branca for Law of Self Defense. We are working with some new technology today folks, hopefully it’ll go well, but if there are any wrinkles I apologize beforehand. Again I am Attorney …
Cases of the Week: June 23, 2020 Read More »
Hey folks, In this show we take a look at the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta GA, and ask one critical question at the center of the case: Did Brooks’ use of the TASER he’d seized from one of the arresting officers against the second pursuing officer constitute the use of deadly force, …
