04-13-2024, 05:21 PM
I wonder if he can use Ohio's version of "stand your ground":
https://giffords.org/lawcenter/state-law...d-in-ohio/
I guess the key here is that it talks about self-defense, not defense of property.
https://giffords.org/lawcenter/state-law...d-in-ohio/
Ohio enacted a stand your ground law in early 2021, which generally prohibits a court or trier of fact from considering whether a person knew they could have retreated before using deadly force in self-defense when the person using force was in any place they had a right to be.2 This applies to both criminal and civil liability. 3
I guess the key here is that it talks about self-defense, not defense of property.