{"id":5495,"date":"2020-12-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5495"},"modified":"2020-12-11T09:13:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:13:16","slug":"back-shooting-not-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5495","title":{"rendered":"Back-Shooting Not Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Handcuff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3925\" width=\"332\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Handcuff.jpg 810w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Handcuff-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Handcuff-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Statutes allow physical force in defense of another to the same extent as self-defense, which is the amount reasonably necessary when unlawful use of force reasonably looks imminent, but do not support deadly force in a simple assault and battery. Defendant shot victim in the back from a distance during a scuffle with a third party and fled.\u00a0 On those facts, the jury was free to reject defendant\u2019s theory of self-defense.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.mo.gov\/file.jsp?id=167093\" target=\"_blank\"><em>State of Missouri vs. Travon Marcel Williams<\/em><\/a><br>(Overview Summary)<br>Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District &#8211; WD82757<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being sued? Contact our office at 816-524-4949 or you can visit our website at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/www.hoorfarlaw.com\/\">hoorfarlaw.com<\/a>&nbsp;to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statutes allow physical force in defense of another to the same extent as self-defense, which is the amount reasonably necessary when unlawful use of force reasonably looks imminent, but do not support deadly force in a simple assault and battery. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/?p=5495\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[267],"class_list":["post-5495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-attorney"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5525,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5495\/revisions\/5525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoorfarlaw.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}