What does TX statutory law say about a situation such as this?
Basically, what does TX law say about use of deadly force against an unarmed but dangerous violent trespasser that refused to leave?
Texas law allows the use of deadly force to stop a thief
Daytime can be a little different. If he's running away, you have to call the cops. Night time...it's game on.
Time of day is irrelevant
June 30, 2008— -- A Texas man who shot and killed two men he believed to be burglarizing his neighbor's home won't be going to trial. A grand jury today failed to indict Joe Horn, a 61-year-old computer technician who lives in an affluent subdivision in Pasadena, Texas.
In the Lone Star state, where the six-gun tamed the frontier, shooting bad guys is a time-honored tradition, and Horn's case centered on a Texas state law based on the old idea that "a man's home is his castle." The "castle law" gives Texans unprecedented legal authority to use deadly force in their homes, vehicles and workplaces. And no longer do they have an obligation to retreat, if possible, before they shoot.
