Originally Posted by
knight0334
Legally under FL law the only things GZ is in risk of are established case law doctrines that even their statutory SYG law doesn't quash.
1. possibly creating the situation that resulted in the use of force - you cannot start the situation, instigate things, or escalate things. The following of TM could be argued that it caused TM to be in fear of his own life.
2. necessary force - you can only meet force with like-force, unless you are in immediate risk of life, limb, rape, or kidnapping. Or when the perp is committing a forcible felony(murder, rape, kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, and a couple other things). If I remember correctly, FL's law requires an actual and articulate event for self defense or the defense of others, unlike PA who's law only requires the belief of such.
Those two factors above still play a major roll in Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
As for those 3 minutes, they could be when TM attacked GZ. Or could have been while GZ was still walking to his vehicle(it is possible to be more than a 3 minute walk from one's vehicle).
And, as a telecommunications engineer who designs telephone systems - time stamps can vary from tower to tower to C.O. switch. TM's phone could have been hitting one tower, and GZ's hitting another, due to different carriers. Or the same tower, but with multiple carriers on the tower(each carrier has its own MUX which could have different time stamps). A 3 minute time stamp deviation between differing towers, MUX's, and the Central Office switch are well within working standards.