In denying a stand-your-ground defense, a judge ruled that Lamont “Cornbread” Postell Jr. appeared more like he was seeking revenge for a beating rather than fearing for his life when he shot dead a Bethune-Cookman University football player.

Postell was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the killing of Don’Kevious Johnson, 23, of Belle Glade, early on the morning of Feb. 13, 2016, after a party at the Indigo Lakes Golf Club’s clubhouse in Daytona Beach.

Postell, 26, was also indicted on two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the shootings of Justine Cunningham, then 20, of Rockaway N.Y., and Tre Jamal Williams, then 21, of Palmetto.

Circuit Judge James Clayton rejected the motion filed by Postell's defense attorney Johnny McCray that Postell was immune from prosecution under Florida’s controversial stand-your-ground law, which states a person does not have a duty to retreat and can use deadly force if they reasonably fear they may be killed or suffer great bodily harm otherwise.

“His actions are more consistent with someone determined to seek retribution and revenge for getting beat up," Clayton wrote in his order last week. "Postell’s representation of the events simply is not credible.”

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Postell was not a B-CU student but had traveled from Miami Gardens to attend the “Pitch Black” party, where everyone dressed in black. The party was not sponsored by B-CU but most people there were students or alumni.

Postell testified that while at the party he encountered Johnson and Johnson’s friend, Greg Davis, with whom he had had problems in the past.

They exchanged words and a fight broke out. Postell said either Johnson or Davis knocked him out. He said his friends carried him outside and he waited in the car but then he heard Johnson and Davis approaching.

Postell said he was afraid of being beaten again or killed so he got a gun that belonged to his friend. He said he got out the car and warned the two that he didn’t want any trouble.

Postell testified that he closed his eyes and fired his gun when Johnson came closer.

But Judge Clayton wrote that a credible independent witness testified that he saw Postell walking to his car, reaching inside and getting what appeared to be a gun and then walking back to the clubhouse. Another witness also said they saw him walking back to the clubhouse.

Clayton also noted that Postell did not call 9-1-1 although he did make at least 41 phone calls or texts after the shooting. Postell also left the scene and did not wait for the friends he arrived with. Postell also “somehow knew how to operate his friend’s firearm.”

Clayton wrote that Postell’s actions showed he was not in “imminent danger” and that “His actions were unreasonable and certainly were not in self-defense.”