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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

>Law & Order - "Castle in the Sky" - A homeless man and his daughter are 
>squatting in a penthouse and when the real owner shows up one night he 
>winds up dead.

Everybody gets this wrong, including Steve Lehto in his videos. Living
in a unit not yet sold in a mostly finished building is not squatting.
It's trespass. Squatting has to do with a hostile encroachment upon
ABANDONED land after a number of years which varies by state. Getting
the semantics right makes a huge difference in these discussions and who
can be arrested for what.

The fact that this guy was HIRED as a security guard to PREVENT trespass
is evidence that the property wasn't abandoned and that he cannot
convert it for his personal use.

>Fortunately for the man his daughter can alibi his self 
>defense claim.  Doesn't the defense have to reveal that defense ahead of 
>time?  Doesn't matter, this is Law & Order.

I don't know if notice is required to assert self defense at trial.

>Unfortunately for the man 
>the writers are on the DA's side so they concoct a convoluted way for 
>the guy to be convicted anyway.  I was half rooting for the guy to not 
>be convicted.

Why? The victim did nothing wrong. The perpetrator was entirely in the
wrong.