Road rage shooting case could focus on 'stand your ground'

Category: Stand Your Ground Law

The shooting death of a Livingston County man could put new focus on Michigans controversial stand your ground law.

The attorney for Martin Edward Zale said Tuesday that her client would claim self-defense during his expected murder trial in the death of Derek Flemming.

Zale, 69, of Marion Township shot Flemming, a 43-year-old Howell resident, Sept. 2 in what has been called a road-rage incident.

But the man who drafted the law said it should apply only in three specific instances.

While any defense would have to pass muster with a jury, state Sen. Rick Jones said the law is clear.

It involves cases of imminent death, great bodily harm or of the horrible crime of rape, said Jones, R-Lansing Township.

Stand your ground, Jones said, is a misnomer.

It is about your right to self-defense, he said.

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September 12th, 2014
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