re: 17 yr old gets shot after sneaking into 14 yr old GF's house

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A 14 year old doesn't have the legal authority to invite someone into a home she doesn't own. That authority can only come from the homeowner.

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Incorrect. She is a resident and has authority. That is silly to think she cannot grant access.

Now that access can be denied by the owner, but the daughter also has some authority to grant access.


But that is a moot point.

What is important and what the case will hinge on is solely....what did the father perceive and was his perception reasonable.

Is it reasonable that he thought the victim was an intruder and his life or family was endangered? That is the question that will determine justification.

Totally missing the main issue here.

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As a resident of an apartment complex, does the owner have the right to ban people from my unit?

If 14 year old is on my Netflix account, does she have the legal right to give out my login to every kid in her class?

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WTF?

If your 14 year old invites someone inside your house....you cannot have that person arrested for trespassing....why......because your 14 year old has some authority to grant access.


Now as the owner if you ordered the person to leave and they refused you have the authority to have the person arrested for remaining after forbidden.

So, is curfew not a thing in GA?

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reasonable person standard, says that she has no authority at that hour of the night

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Wrong.

As a resident, she legally has authority to grant access until the owner denies that access.

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father had me arrested for being in house after school with his 16 year old. He called the cops from his job, and told them I didn't have his permission to be ther

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Yeah, but you were 30 at the time.

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reasonable person standard, says that she has no authority at that hour of the night

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except the daughter is 14, and not subject to reasonable person standard because she was old enough to know exactly what she was doing and the repercussions. god i hope you're not a lawyer irl

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As a resident, she legally has authority to grant access until the owner denies that access.

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Please, please tell me youre not a lawyer??

God, I hope not.

Any reasonable person would assume that he had denied her right to have someone in his house at that hour of the night. That notification did not need to be expressly given, nor even in writing

Just as a homeowner isn't required to post "No Trespassing" signs, on all their doors, windows, and skylights. Its a reasonable expectation

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except the daughter is 14, and not subject to reasonable person standard

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And the 17 year old?

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so this guy wakes up and finds someone in his house at 3 am and shoots him... but you think he woke up, figured out who he was, and decided to commit murder because he was meeting up with his young daughter?

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You say that like it's an impossible story to believe that a dad in a fit of rage after possibly busting his daughter banging some older dude at 3am may shoot that dude.