GUILTY FL - Nikki McCormick, 21, shot to death, Wahneta, 28 April 2009

[Indianagirl]

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Authorities do not plan to file charges against a Florida orange grove owner who fatally shot a 21-year-old woman, saying he is protected under the state's controversial "no retreat" law.

But the woman's boyfriend faces second-degree murder charges in her death, because the woman was shot to death during an alleged felony -- the theft of an SUV.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/30/florida.shooting.law/index.html

 

[Lovejac]

WOW! That law would definitely make me re-think a life of crime.

 

[jnTexas]

I like that law! Thank goodness this didn't happen in Satsuma. the buy would be walking free lol.

 

[tapu]

Well, I'm sorry, but I see nothing wrong with that law as long as the circumstances are thoroughly investigated.

 

[Jesikah1]

Here is an article with some different details:
http://m.theledger.com/lake/db_6771...id=fYgdzgaa&detailindex=1&pn=0&ps=5&full=true

 

[OkieGranny]

From February 2010:

http://www.theledger.com/article/20100224/NEWS/2245071

A 30-year-old Winter Haven man whose friend was fatally shot as they tried to steal a car was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison.

Tony Curtis Phillips Jr. pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and grand theft.