Also, Florida is a State in which the prosecution can be compelled to negate self-defense (by a preponderance of the evidence [the civil burden of proof, rather than proof beyond reasonable doubt [the criminal burden]) during presentation of its initial case, which is accompanied in a pretrial hearing, as detailed in Florida Statutes, Chapter 776, Section 776.032(4): “In a criminal prosecution, once a prima facie claim of self-defense Statutes, Chapter 776, Section 776.032 immunity from criminal prosecution has been raised by the defendant at a pretrial immunity hearing, the burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence is on the party seeking to overcome the immunity from criminal prosecution provided in subsection (1).”
Always gotta have the last word huh?
