Case Law on Number of Rounds Fired
In the past three handgun classes I taught since the first of the year, at least one student inquired about being prosecuted if they fired too many rounds in defense of their person. Each student indicated they read "somewhere" on the internet that firing more than a few rounds to stop a lethal threat resulted in the person defending themselves being charged criminally and prosecuted. None of the students could be more specific about the source of the information.
I am unable to find case law on this phenomenon. Have any instructors identified case law on "excessive" rounds fired when a person was otherwise lawfully justified in using deadly force? I am unable to identify specific case law, the name of the defendant or the county and state in which they were prosecuted. In the past I have driven to the county where there was case law applicable to material on which I am instructing and filed a Freedom of Information Request to review the case file and get copies of pertinent information.
If you can provide a specific case cite, it would be much appreciated.