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I haven't seen anything to indicate he was using drugs. But now that you have posted this I won't be a bit surprised to see someone else come along and claim it's a fact because they know they read it somewhere if they could only remember where......

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ORIGINAL: PeonForHer

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I haven't seen anything to indicate he was using drugs. But now that you have posted this I won't be a bit surprised to see someone else come along and claim it's a fact because they know they read it somewhere if they could only remember where......

Your google fu skills need brushing up, THB. Try the search phrase 'Markus Kaarma cannabis'.

Examples:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/drugs-factor-montana-garage-killing-cops-article-1.1782604
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/markus-kaarma-_n_5276002.html
http://missoulian.com/news/local/search-warrant-missoula-man-may-have-been-high-when-german/article_71e0d72c-d544-11e3-b2fa-001a4bcf887a.html

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
That will be the key to their case, Boi. If they can prove it was an ambush, he goes away for a long time. On the other hand, if he was just super keyed up from the previous robberies, that's just bad luck for the dead dumbass.

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The defense has to prove the garage was not a trap, and the teenager entered willfully to obtain money/loot and/or bring harm to the family. That will be tough given the homeowner left his drawbridge down in the first place. That and the teenager does not have a prior criminal record nor was a troubled individual.

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A ) Open doorway when the homeowner has previously stated they were afraid of a break in.
B ) Purse with items that could be easily traced.
C ) electronic devices used for surveillance operations inside the garage.
D ) Reaction of the homeowner to exit the house, swing around to attack the intruder from behind.

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ORIGINAL: Kirata

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http://www.engrish.com

K.

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That's interesting and certainly won't help his case. It also sounds like they suspect he set a trap which could end up backfiring on him and getting him a first degree charge. But I have to say, I have smoked a lot of pot and have know a lot of people who have also and I have never seen them get violent from it. Drinking on the other hand....

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The dumbass in this set of facts is the shooter -- but that doesn't really reflect his depravity. Using deadly force to protect one's property is disproportionate and in my jurisdiction, illegal.

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The dumbass in this set of facts is the shooter -- but that doesn't really reflect his depravity. Using deadly force to protect one's property is disproportionate and in my jurisdiction, illegal.

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The dumbass in this set of facts is the shooter -- but that doesn't really reflect his depravity. Using deadly force to protect one's property is disproportionate and in my jurisdiction, illegal.

It isn't illegal in mine.

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~ FR ~

You may recall a case from last July. White man shoots unarmed black teen. Sometime around 2am the teen climbed over Merritt Landry's fence and approached the home from the driveway. His fingerprints were found on the shutters of Landry's home, which had been opened.

Alerted to the intruder by his dog, Landry, who had his daughter and pregnant wife in the house, armed himself and went outside. When confronted, the teen, Marshall Coulter, 14, a Darwin Award candidate, decided to make a move. That bought him a bullet to the head.

Police determined that Landry had fired from a range of 30 feet. Nice shooting, but not a taxpayer-relief shot. Coulter ended up in the hospital, with all the usual drama and hand-wringing.

The seventh of eight children, Coulter had a history of burglary arrests. "He was a professional thief, sure," his older brother, who can only be described as an idiot, said. "But he would never pick up a gun, not in a million years. He was too scared to aim a gun at the grass, let alone aim it at a person. No way. Before he'll ever pick up a gun, he'll be your friend first."

Ah, well, alrighty then. Just an enterprising young professional doing his job. What a tragedy.

"we were repeatedly led to believe that he was in what can best be described as an irreparable, semi-vegetative state," Cannizzaro said. "When we visited with Coulter less than three months ago, we were led to believe that he could not walk without assistance and could only provide single-word responses to the simplest questions."

In December, Coulter's relatives told a reporter he was making progress in his recovery, after getting out of a coma and being released from a hospital. But they said he still needed brain surgery and could not get out of bed without help and had trouble forming sentences. Efforts to reach his family in recent weeks have been unsuccessful.

Except, well no. It seems he's doing very well. Well enough, in fact, to be arrested for another burglary.

Coulter was arrested earlier this month after a resident told police he found the teenager in his Marigny home. After that, another nearby resident said his video surveillance system captured Coulter attempting to enter his home about 20 minutes earlier than the burglary for which Coulter was arrested.

After news of that arrest surfaced, police linked Coulter to a third crime, this one in 2012 in which he is accused of entering a home on Frenchmen Street, taking a gun, threatening a resident who confronted him and then fleeing with the weapon. Coulter faces the most serious charge - aggravated burglary - in that case, which is before a juvenile court judge.

Although a Grand Jury did not return an indictment against Landry, the DA still considered the matter an open case. Not anymore. Landry's case is closed. He will not be charged. Instead, Marshall Coulter, the poor crippled boy who wasn't, who didn't like guns except when threatening people with them, will be the one locked up.

Feel good story of the day.

Source

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The Use of Deadly Force in Self-Defense

Maryland also continues to follow common law principles on the issue of when one may use deadly force in self-defense. In the case of State v. Faulkner, 301 Md. 482, 485, 483 A.2d 759, 761 (1984), the Court of Appeals of Maryland summarized those principles, and stated that a homicide, other than felony murder, is justified on the ground of self-defense if the following criteria are satisfied:

(1) The accused must have had reasonable grounds to believe himself in apparent imminent or immediate danger of death or serious bodily harm from his assailant or potential assailant;

(2) The accused must have in fact believed himself in this danger;

(3) The accused claiming the right of self defense must not have been the aggressor or provoked the conflict;

(4) The force used must have not been unreasonable and excessive, that is, the force must not have been more force than the exigency demanded.

See also Roach v. State, 358 Md. 418, 429-30, 749 A.2d 787, 793 (2000).

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The Use of Deadly Force in Self-Defense

Maryland also continues to follow common law principles on the issue of when one may use deadly force in self-defense. In the case of State v. Faulkner, 301 Md. 482, 485, 483 A.2d 759, 761 (1984), the Court of Appeals of Maryland summarized those principles, and stated that a homicide, other than felony murder, is justified on the ground of self-defense if the following criteria are satisfied:

(1) The accused must have had reasonable grounds to believe himself in apparent imminent or immediate danger of death or serious bodily harm from his assailant or potential assailant;

(2) The accused must have in fact believed himself in this danger;

(3) The accused claiming the right of self defense must not have been the aggressor or provoked the conflict;

(4) The force used must have not been unreasonable and excessive, that is, the force must not have been more force than the exigency demanded.

See also Roach v. State, 358 Md. 418, 429-30, 749 A.2d 787, 793 (2000).

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Teenagers call it garage hopping. The goal was to sneak into an open garage, steal some beer or other items and slip away into the night. It was dumb and clearly illegal. It was not supposed to be deadly.

Inside the house, motion sensors alerted Markus Kaarma, 29, to an intruder’s presence.....

....he grabbed a shotgun from the dining room and rushed outside......

....He aimed into the garage and, according to court documents, fired four blasts into the dark.....

Mr. Dede’s (a 17-year-old exchange student from Germany named Diren Dede ) body crumpled to the floor.

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I can only shake my head in dismay......

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That's one way to empty the jails and save the economy..................Kill everybody who commits a crime. Not trials; no reports to file.
Peon, I was brought up in a really nice, quiet area where there was no crime or violence..............I am sure you know the Whitechapel, Aldgate, Bethnal Green areas of London ??? I served in a rather noisy area of the military and since coming to Australia, have never picked up a weapon except to shoot (non-human) vermin. I see a gun as a beautifully made piece of machinery but like you, I am baffled by the idea that simply owning one gives you the right to take a life. Even coming from my background, that seems a little weird, to say the least. Fucked up WOULD be a much better way of putting it.