Death of Yoshihiro Hattori

Yoshihiro Hattori (服部 剛丈, Hattori Yoshihiro, 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.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death of Yoshihiro Hattori
• http://leagle.com/decision/19951171662So2d509_1981.xml/HATTORI%20v.%20PEAIRS