In a related situation New Jersey state law permits renters and homeowners to use deadly force on anyone who tries to remove them from a lawful premises. After an illegal lockout by my landlord I obtained a state court order for re-entry, specifically allowing me to break locks. After showing the order to the police sergeant on duty and explaining my plan, 14 police officers arrested me when I was executing the court order. Under state laws I imagine I was permitted to use deadly force on all 14 officers. I did not and remain alive. Heh, heh.
[From article]
At issue: whether Joel Robinson, 32, is guilty of a crime for shootinga DEA agent in the first few seconds of a surprise federal law enforcement raid last October at his Orangeburg house.
Agents expected to find a cache of drugs, but a search of the premises found nothing but a small amount of marijuana for recreational use, according to legal records in the case.
Robinson is expected to claim self-defense, saying he did what any citizen would have in assuming he was the target of a home invasion – grabbing a gun and firing a half-dozen shots in the direction of those he assumed were home invaders.
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An indictment in the case charges Robinson with being in a drug manufacturing conspiracy in South Carolina and Georgia with two other men. Robinson is also charged with assaulting individuals executing a search warrant and using a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.
According to the indictment, chemicals to manufacture an illegal drug allegedly were transported from the Atlanta area to Robinson’s house in Orangeburg, and Robinson and the other men then transported the chemicals to other places.
The gun Robinson fired was a .45 caliber Taurus handgun with a laser sight, according to the indictment.
In addition to seeking a guilty finding from the jury, federal prosecutors also want Robinson to forfeit his house and four pistols, four rifles and two shotguns found at his house.
Robinson, who is being held at the Lexington County Detention Center, has hired two experienced criminal defense lawyers, Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, both of Columbia, to defend him.
http://www.thestate.com/2015/02/06/3973817_man-to-claim-self-defense-for.html?rh=1
Man to claim self-defense for shooting DEA agent in predawn drug raid
BY JOHN MONK
jmonk (at) thestate.com
February 6, 2015
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