A woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend during a gun game they were playing in Hollywood can’t be tried for manslaughter, a Broward judge has ruled.
Brittany Brothers, 29, had her manslaughter charge dismissed on Jan. 30 under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, which allows a person to take up to deadly action if they feel their life is threatened.
“The State did not present substantial, competent, clear and convincing evidence sufficient to satisfy its burden of proof to disprove [Brothers’]… claim of self-defense,” Broward Circuit Court Judge Tim Bailey said in his order dismissing the case.
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