If the judge rules it was self-defense, can the State appeal this decision, or is it game over?
>>If the judge rules it was self-defense, can the State appeal this decision, or is it game over?<<
I believe it is game over at the state level, but who knows what the feds might do... probably depends on who the attorney general is when the time comes.
Regardless of which way the “Dennis hearing” goes, the case can be appealed. A “Dennis hearing” is the term used for a Florida self-defense claim, when the defendant asserts he is immune from prosecution under Florida statute 776.032. The judge must take evidence and weigh it, and decide if the evidence supports a conclusion that “more likely than not” it was self defense.