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"A Cullman County man admits he shot and killed his estranged wife three summers ago, but insists he did it in self-defense under Alabama\u2019s \"stand your ground\" law.\n\nTerry Lynn Mikel has been held without bond since his arrest after the death of his estranged wife, Angela, at his home on July 28, 2013.\n\nAuthorities in Cullman County say they found Angela Mikel dead in the front seat of her black Jeep Cherokee behind Terry's mobile home on County Road 38. They said she had been shot several times with a small-caliber handgun.\n\nShe had showed up at the home she once shared with Terry. He was standing by the Jeep when, defense attorney William Porter claims, \u201CShe yelled she was going to kill him and she was going to pull a weapon.\"\n\nThe district attorney says that's when Terry told his stepson, Angela's son, Charles Burks, to run inside and get his .22 pistol. Cullman County District Attorney Wilson Blaylock said Burks handed the gun to Terry, who shot six times into the car, killing Angela.\n\nTerry faces a charge of capital murder because the weapon was fired into a car. The district attorney said no gun belonging to Angela was found.\n\nBut the defense maintains that under the state\u2019s \u201Cstand your ground\u201D law, Terry's action was justified.\n\n\u201CThere is no case law that says a weapon has to be present, and she was reaching across the seat or under the seat when one of the shots was fired,\u201D Porter said.\n\nPorter said his client should never have been jailed under the state's self-defense laws.\n\n\u201CBefore he was ever incarcerated, arrested, handcuffed, put in a police car, there should've been a probable cause investigation by the police that the 'stand your ground' law was not applicable,\u201D he said.\n\nInstead, he insists, Terry has been wrongfully jailed for three years.\n\nJudge Greg Nicholas will hold a hearing Oct. 14 that may decide if Terry Mikel goes free, or if a murder trial goes forward.\n\nTerry's stepson, Charles Burks, is also awaiting trial for the murder."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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