This undated picture made available by the Harris County Sheriff's Office shows Raul Rodriguez who was charged with murder in a triple shooting that left one man dead and two others injured during a dispute over the neighbor's loud party early Sunday, May 2, 2010. When music at a neighbor's party got too loud for his liking, Rodriguez - armed with a gun and a video camera - showed up to complain. The retired firefighter ended up in a verbal confrontation, telling a police dispatcher by phone he feared for his life and was "standing my ground." But Texas doesn't have the kind of law at the center of the Trayvon Martin slaying in Florida, and prosecutors trying Rodriguez for murder call him an aggressor who could have safely left his neighbor's driveway at any time. (AP Photo/Harris County Sheriff's Office via Houston Chronicle)
This undated picture made available by the Harris County Sheriff's Office shows Raul Rodriguez who was charged with murder in a triple shooting that left one man dead and two others injured during a dispute over the neighbor's loud party early Sunday, May 2, 2010. When music at a neighbor's party got too loud for his liking, Rodriguez - armed with a gun and a video camera - showed up to complain. The retired firefighter ended up in a verbal confrontation, telling a police dispatcher by phone he feared for his life and was "standing my ground." But Texas doesn't have the kind of law at the center of the Trayvon Martin slaying in Florida, and prosecutors trying Rodriguez for murder call him an aggressor who could have safely left his neighbor's driveway at any time. (AP Photo/Harris County Sheriff's Office via Houston Chronicle)
This undated picture provided by the New Caney Independent School District via the Houston Chronicle shows Kelly Danaher, formerly a physical education teacher at an elementary school in New Caney, Texas. Danaher, 36, was killed in a confrontation over noise with neighbor Raul Rodriguez, who said he was "standing his ground" in the conflict. The incident involving Rodriguez, who is now on trial, happened two years before the shooting death in February of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida that sparked protests across the U.S., and spurred debate about whether race was a factor and in the initial police handling of the case. (AP Photo/New Caney Independent School District via Houston Chronicle)
Raul Rodriguez leaves a Houston courtroom during a recess Monday, June 11, 2012. Rodriguez is charged with murder in a triple shooting in 2010 that left one man dead and two others injured during a dispute over the neighbor's loud party. The retired Houston-area firefighter told a police dispatcher by phone that he feared for his life and was "standing his ground." (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Raul Rodriguez sits in a Houston courtroom Monday, June 11, 2012. Rodriguez is charged with murder in a triple shooting in 2010 that left one man dead and two others injured during a dispute over the neighbor's loud party. The retired Houston-area firefighter told a police dispatcher by phone that he feared for his life and was "standing his ground." (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
HOUSTON (AP) ? Jurors will soon begin deliberating the fate of a Texas man who argues the state's version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor in 2010 after a confrontation about a loud party.
Raul Rodriguez videotaped the incident and is heard on the recording claiming he feared for his life and saying "I'm standing my ground."
Closing arguments in Rodriguez's Houston trial are set for Wednesday.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted of murder.
Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law was revised in 2007 to expand the right to use deadly force. It allows people to defend themselves in their homes, workplaces or vehicles.
It also says a person using force cannot provoke the attacker or be involved in a crime at the time.
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