Yep it's over 250k. The defense asked for 100k The Prosecutor's didn't object but judge gave 250k

i think the argument is going to be, as discussed up thread, that the only thing you need to consider is what happened after he opened the door.

if he knows his outer door is locked, if she isnt actively trying to come thru the screen or known to be holding some sort of weapon, then a person can conclude, based on evidence that we have not seen much of yet, that he had no reason to fear for his life/great bodily harm/her imminent entry into his home.

i believe there will be something in his statement that will support this, at least i would hope so or maybe he has been overcharged...

i hear noises that sound like a break-in in the middle of the night,
instead of calling 911 i decide to arm myself and investigate immediately = ok by law.

choose to open my door to see what is going on on my property, instead of staying inside = ok by law.

choose to aim my weapon at someone i find on my property and interrogate them as to what they are doing = ok by law.

firing my weapon at the person either purposefully or accidentally = not necessarily ok by law unless i have an honest and reasonable fear that they are about to kill or serious injure me, or that they are in the process of trying to gain entry to my house in which case i am automatically given the benefit of the doubt that it is reasonable to assume grave danger will follow.

so if i do end up firing my weapon and injuring/killing the person it is up to a prosecutor to look at all the evidence and interrogate me to decide if i am being honest and reasonably feared these things.

but i will add this, i remember a case where someone was dressed up in a halloween costume and went to the wrong house for what he thought was a party, a man shot him claiming basically just that he looked weird and was moving in a strange manner, and he was found not guilty.

he admitted that the guy was not trying to get in the house or attack him, or so close to him as to be an imminent threat, just that he looked really weird and scary.

i dont know what state that was in tho so the particular laws there would obviously have a huge impact on the verdict. (hopefully i have not butchered the details of this case, i think that is pretty close)

"Yoshihiro Hattori , November 22, 1975 – October 17, 1992) was a Japanese exchange student residing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, at the time of his death. Hattori was on his way to a Halloween party and went to the wrong house by accident. The property owner, Rodney Peairs, shot and killed Hattori, thinking he was trespassing with criminal intent. The controversial homicide, and Peairs's subsequent acquittal in the state court of Louisiana, received worldwide attention."

I remember this case because it was local and thought of it also.