Toiran v. State

Petitioner, Rene Toiran, seeks a writ of prohibition directing the trial court to relieve him from criminal prosecution for second degree murder for a shooting death that occurred on January 12, 2015, on the ground that he is immune from prosecution under Florida's Stand Your Ground Law, *949section 776.032 of the Florida Statutes (2017). For the following reasons, we deny the petition.

After Toiran filed his motion below arguing that he is immune from criminal prosecution, but before the immunity motion was heard, the Florida Legislature amended section 776.032, effective June 9, 2017, by adding…