Former NFL star Antonio Brown is seeking to have his attempted murder charge from a Miami shooting dismissed under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, court records show.

Attorneys for Brown on Thursday filed a motion to dismiss his case in Miami-Dade, saying the shooting was legally justified under the 2005 law.

Brown, 37, has pleaded not guilty to the second-degree attempted murder charge, which carries a potential 15-year prison sentence and a fine up to $10,000 if he is convicted. Miami-Dade Corrections

According to an arrest warrant, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity boxing match in Miami on May 16 and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier.

The victim alleged, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investig

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