Re: The Saga Of Joe Horn: Texas Man Cleared In Shotgun Shootings

Kentucky Castle Doctrine Statute

Bravissimo!

Is this even tougher than the Texas statute?

I particularly like this part:

"(3) A person does not have a duty to retreat if the person is in a place
where he or she has a right to be."

No duty to retreat anywhere.

DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor
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503.080 Protection of property.

(1) The use of physical force by a defendant upon another person is
justifiable when the defendant believes that such force is immediately
necessary to prevent:

(a) The commission of criminal trespass, robbery, burglary, or other
felony
involving the use of force, or under those cir***stances permitted
pursuant
to KRS 503.055, in a dwelling, building or upon real property in his
possession or in the possession of another person for whose protection he
acts; or

(b) Theft, criminal mischief, or any trespassory taking of tangible,
movable
property in his possession or in the possession of another person for
whose
protection he acts.

(2) The use of deadly physical force by a defendant upon another person is
justifiable under subsection (1) only when the defendant believes that the
person against whom such force is used is:

(a) Attempting to dispossess him of his dwelling otherwise than under a
claim of right to its possession; or

(b) Committing or attempting to commit a burglary, robbery, or other
felony
involving the use of force, or under those cir***stances permitted
pursuant
to KRS 503.055, of such dwelling; or

(c) Committing or attempting to commit arson of a dwelling or other
building
in his possession.

(3) A person does not have a duty to retreat if the person is in a place
where he or she has a right to be.

Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 192, sec. 5, effective July 12, 2006.
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Created1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 33, effective January 1, 1975.
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<http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/503-00/080.pdf>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Doctrine>

DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Vires et Honor