Defend Your Castle Law

Victority, Getty Images/iStockphotoThis spring, a man in Warrick County called 911 and told them he had shot someone — but no charges were pressed against him when the man he shot died.That’s because investigators determined the fatal shooting was self-defense.The shooter, who Warrick County Sheriff’s Office identified as Andrew Daudelin, reportedly shot and killed Ronald D. Blackford Jr. At a house just outside Boonville after a dispute over a property line escalated.More: 911 calls from fatal Boonville shooting released by Warrick County Sheriff's OfficeMore: Police: Man killed in Boonville self-defense shootingThe Warrick County Prosecutor’s Office declined to file charges against Daudelin. Investigators agreed with him that he was defending himself from an immediate threat from Blackford.Indiana law affirms people’s rights to use force to defend themselves or another person from physical harm.Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding and Prosecutor Nicholas Hermann spoke to a group in downtown Evansville this week to explain some legal and practical factors of self-defense.Here are five details you should know about the right to defend yourself in Indiana.

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These laws allow you to use deadly force if you are in your own home and an intruder threatens to injure or kill you. You are using this force to “protect your castle.” While Arizona does not have a “castle law,” there are statutes in place which permit an individual to use physical force if an intruder is in their home. Deadly Force. Much like Castle Doctrine, Stand Your Ground Laws are based on the legal treatise which generally relieves any duty or other requirement to abandon a place they have a legal right to be, or give up ground to an assailant, and can use deadly force to uphold it.