Yahoo doesn't tell the whole story here, but hit the main points. I think what really tipped the scales here for the conviction was the premeditation and the intent. It was clear the homeowner had premeditated the encounter and how he would react to it. He intended to take another's life, and this was the primary motive, not to defend his property...regardless of the property he had already lost on previous occasions. I am as conservative as the come and have been a gun owner for 40 years, but I would never "bait" someone into a situation that I would try to justify a killing.
各州法律不同, 此例发生在 MT, 而 MT 没有 Castle Doctrine law.
.... that MT doesn't have an actual Castle Doctrine law but we have 45-3-103, which says a person may use lethal force in defense of an occupied structure only if a reasonable person would fear imminent bodily injury or death from the invader.