PA Bill Number: HB660
Title: Providing for minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products sold in this Commonwealth; imposing penalties; and making repeals.
Description: Providing for minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products sold in this Commonwealth; imposing penalties; and making repeal ...
Last Action: Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
Last Action Date: Feb 13, 2026
Florida Supreme Court keeping burden of proof with the defendant in 'stand your ground' cases :: 07/10/2015
TALLAHASSEE | The Florida Supreme Court is keeping the burden of proof with the defendant seeking immunity under the Stand Your Ground self-defense law.
The justices on Thursday affirmed the current practice used in courts statewide for pretrial immunity hearings under the law. The court rejected an attempt to shift the burden of proof at that stage from defendants to the prosecution.
The decision came in the case of Jared Bretherick, an Indiana tourist whose Stand Your Ground claim was rejected in a 2011 road confrontation in Kissimmee in which he pointed a gun at a driver. Bretherick’s lawyers contended the Legislature never spelled out which side had the burden of proof at the pretrial immunity hearing.
The court said shifting the burden could effectively force prosecutors to prove a case twice.
