PA Bill Number: HB1127
Title: Authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; and providing for the form of the compact.
Description: An Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; and providing for the form of the compact.
Last Action: Laid on the table
Last Action Date: Apr 27, 2026
Florida Supreme Court keeping burden of proof with the defendant in 'stand your ground' cases :: 07/10/2015
TALLAHASSEE | The Florida Supreme Court is keeping the burden of proof with the defendant seeking immunity under the Stand Your Ground self-defense law.
The justices on Thursday affirmed the current practice used in courts statewide for pretrial immunity hearings under the law. The court rejected an attempt to shift the burden of proof at that stage from defendants to the prosecution.
The decision came in the case of Jared Bretherick, an Indiana tourist whose Stand Your Ground claim was rejected in a 2011 road confrontation in Kissimmee in which he pointed a gun at a driver. Bretherick’s lawyers contended the Legislature never spelled out which side had the burden of proof at the pretrial immunity hearing.
The court said shifting the burden could effectively force prosecutors to prove a case twice.
