>> Wait, this wasn't a stand-your-ground case, except on the news.
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> Funny, then why did the phrase "stand your ground" appear in the final
> instructions given to the jury? Just a coincidence?
>
> See:
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> http://www.scribd.com/doc/153354467/George-Zimmerman-Trial-Final-Jury-Instructions
The prosecution failed to demonstrate that when M was killed he wasn't on top of Z, giving Z no option to decide to "stand his ground" or to run away. So it's simply not relevant. The defense knew this, and so it would have been monumentally stupid for them to introduce the concept into their defense plans.
This case has nothing to do with Stand Yor Ground laws, SYG was never brought up by the defense, and only appears in the definitional part of the final instructions because Florida has such a law and it's in the definition. Read the rest of it and find all the other things that are in the definitions that have nothing to do with this case (and yet must be in the final instructions because that's how the law defines the actions being decided).
There's nothing "funny" about this.
/jordan