'Stand-your-ground' killer gets 40 years HOUSTON, June 27 (UPI) -- A Houston jury Wednesday sentenced Raul Rodriguez to 40 years in prison for murdering a neighbor in a so-called stand-your-ground shooting in 2010. Rodriguez, 47, was spared a possible life sentence, the Los Angeles Times reported. Defense lawyers had asked for a five-year term, saying Rodriguez -- who was convicted this month -- thought he was legally entitled under Texas law to shoot Kelly Danaher, a 36-year-old elementary school teacher, in Huffman. During the trial, jurors watched a 22-minute video Rodriguez shot of himself going from his house to Danaher's, and demanding those at the party quiet down. In the last 7 minutes of the video, Rodriguez is heard telling the guests at Danaher's house he is afraid they will hurt him, the Houston Chronicle reported. The defense argued Rodriguez shot Danaher in self-defense and had a split-second to decide whether to shoot. Prosecutor Donna Logan said during the trial "self-defense was never meant to protect the one who started the fight" and Rodriguez was employing language he'd learned in a concealed handgun licensing class. After the sentencing Thursday, Rodriguez's attorney, Neal Davis, told the Times the case is "only the beginning of the cases we're going to see" involving stand-your-ground laws.