Court Opinion

ID: 9792490
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:30:05.076911+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:42.838496
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Justice KIRSHBAUM
dissenting.
For the reasons set forth in part A of my dissent in Beckett v. People, 800 P.2d 74 (Colo.1990), I dissent from the majority opinion. The self-defense instruction given by the trial court to the jury in this case simply reflected the bare language of section 18-1-704, 8B C.R.S. (1986). It did not clearly inform the jury of Hare’s right to act upon appearances, and the evidence adduced at trial is sufficient to warrant an instruction fully advising the jury of that theory of the case. I would reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and direct that court to remand the case to the trial court for a new trial.
*1320I am authorized to state that Justice ERICKSON and Justice QUINN join in this dissent.