RODRIGUEZ v. STATE

No. 3D17-1633.

239 So.3d 147 (2018)

Omar RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed February 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Amsel Raben Nascimento, PLLC, and Alan S. Ross , Miami; Gail S. Grossman, P.A., and Gail S. Grossman (Oxford), for petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Amit Agarwal (Tallahassee), Solicitor General, and Marlon J. Weiss , Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Ricardo J. Bascuas , for Amicus Curiae University of Miami School of Law Federal Appellate Clinic.

Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, and David H. Thompson , Davis Cooper and Haley N. Proctor (Washington, DC), for Amicus Curiae The NRA Freedom Action Foundation.

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and Jeffrey Paul DeSousa and John Eddy Morrison , Assistant Public Defenders, for Amicus Curiae Florida Public Defender Association, Inc.

Reed Smith LLP and Edward M. Mullins , Miami, Lisa M. Baird , Los Angeles, CA, and Brandon White , West Palm Beach, for Amicus Curiae Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Shutts & Bowen LLP and Jason Gonzalez (Tallahassee); Stephen P. Halbrook (Fairfax, VA), for Amicus Curiae Unified Sportsmen of Florida, Inc.

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., and Glenn Burhans, Jr. , and Kelly A. O'Keefe (Tallahassee), for Amicus Curiae Law Center for the Prevention of Gun Violence.

Before SALTER, FERNANDEZ and LUCK, JJ.


Omar Rodriguez seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent the trial court from proceeding with a "Stand Your Ground"1 ("SYG") immunity hearing based on Rodriguez's argument that a trial court ruling has erroneously denied Rodriguez the benefit of the recent legislative amendment.2...

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