A Florida self-defense claim turns on whether the defendant's belief that force was necessary was reasonable, and that question has a psychological half. Florida Statute 776.012 asks what the person actually believed and whether a reasonable person in the same position would have believed it, which puts fear, acute stress...
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Psychological Factors in Self-Defense Claims
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