Category Archives: Homicide

Defendant Receives 10-Year Sentence for Shooting Lawful Resident After Entering What She Thought Was Her Apartment: How The Castle Doctrine Works

One particular criminal trial in October captured news headlines because it involved a police officer accidentally entering into what she thought was her own apartment and fatally shooting the man who resided there, who she mistakenly thought was an intruder. The defendant put forth what’s known as the castle doctrine; a version of what… Read More »