44Champs

Unless Will Smith was pointing a gun at him, I dont think that constitutes standing your ground. But if he was going to get a gun, sounds like Cardelle was thinking he was gonna shoot him before Will had a chance.
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I pulled this off the internet:

Not too long ago, standing your ground meant, in part, proving that you tried to retreat from a threat before using self-defense...but not anymore.

"A judge or jury cannot consider the fact that you did not retreat if you're being tried for killing somebody when the defense is justifiable homicide," says Desoto Parish District Attorney, Richard Johnson.

Johnson says Louisiana's law is similar to Florida's and he says the law does not give you the right to aggressively pursue anyone.

"You're allowed to use deadly force and that a homicide is justifiable if you are in imminent danger of losing your life or receiving great bodily harm."

A person must also be acting lawfully in order to claim "Stand Your Ground" as a defense.

"If you see an assailant pointing at you with a gun or taking aim at you, you don't have to turn and run away," says Johnson.



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