re: Will Smith Murder Trial-Guilty of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter

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well that raising a red flag to me.

hayes and his friend stayed. I think this guy was hopped up on drugs.

willing to be bet he had drugs on him and had to leave to hide them

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All of that is completely irrelevant.

it is "LOOK OVER HERE AT THIS" Defense tricks.

There's literally only one thing that matters, and that is whether the self-defense was justified, and there is very specific language in the statutes for that.