HICKS v. STATE

No. 1D17-1830.

277 So.3d 153 (2019)

Edward Lamont HICKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy Thomas , Public Defender, and Greg Caracci , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Robert Quentin Humphrey and Kaitlin Weiss , Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


In 2015, Edward Hicks—then charged with attempted murder—argued he was entitled to Stand-Your-Ground immunity. At the two-day SYG hearing, he and the State presented widely divergent versions of events. Both sides agreed, though, that Hicks bore the burden of proof.

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