Edward Lamont Hicks v. State of Florida

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D17-1830 _____________________________ EDWARD LAMONT HICKS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Waddell A. Wallace, Judge. June 12, 2019 WINSOR, J. In 2015, Edward Hicks—then charged with attempted murder—argued he was entitled to Stand-Your-Ground immunity. At the two-day SYG hearing, he and the State presented widely divergent versions of events. Both sides agreed, though, that Hicks bore the burden of proof. The trial…