Court Opinion

ID: 9602610
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:57:31.464565+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:05.098179
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VOLLACK, J.,
specially concurs in the
result only, and LOHR and KIRSHBAUM, JJ., join in the special concurrence.

APPENDIX

INSTRUCTION NO. 13
If you are not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of the offense charged, he may, however, be found guilty of any lesser offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in the offense charged if the evidence is sufficient to establish his guilt of the lesser offense beyond a reasonable doubt.
The offense of Assault In The First Degree, as charged in the information in this case necessarily includes the lesser offenses of Assault In The First Degree (Heat of Passion), Assault In The Second
Degree (Heat of Passion) and Assault In
The Second Degree (Reckless).
The elements of the crime of Assault In The First Degree (Heat of Passion) are:
(1) That the Defendant,
(2) in the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, on or about February 19, 1989,
(3) with intent,
(4) to cause serious bodily injury to another person,
(5) causes serious bodily injury to another person,
(6) by means of a deadly weapon,
(7) under circumstances where the act causing the injury was performed, not after deliberation, upon a sudden heat of passion,
(8) caused by a serious and highly provoking act of the intended victim,
(9) affecting the person causing the injury sufficiently to excite an irresistible passion in a reasonable person,
(10) without the affirmative defense(s) in Instructions No. 17 and 18.
The elements of Assault In The Second
Degree (Heat of Passion) are:
(1) That the Defendant,
(2) in the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, on or about February 19, 1989,
(3) with intent to cause bodily injury to another person,
(4) caused or attempted to cause such injury to any person,
(5) by means of a deadly weapon,
(6) under circumstances where the act causing the injury was performed, not after deliberation, upon a sudden heat of passion,
(7) caused by a serious and highly provoking act of the intended victim,
*494(8) affecting the person causing the injury sufficiently to excite an irresistible passion in a reasonable person,
(9) without the affirmative defense(s) in Instructions No. 17 and 18.
The elements of Assault In The Second Degree (Reckless) are:
(1) That the Defendant,
(2) in the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, on or about February 19, 1989,
(3) recklessly caused serious bodily injury to another person,
(4) by means of a deadly weapon.
You should bear in mind that the burden is always upon the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt each and every material element of any lesser included offense which is necessarily included in any offense charged in the information; the law never imposes upon a defendant in a criminal case the burden of calling any witnesses or producing any evidence.
After considering all the evidence, if you decide that the prosecution has proven each of the elements of the crime charged or of a lesser included offense, you should find the Defendant Guilty of the offense proven, and you should so state in your verdict.
After considering all the evidence, if you decide that the prosecution has failed to prove one or more elements of the crime charged or of a lesser included offense, you should find the Defendant Not Guilty of the offense which has not been proved, and you should so state in your verdict. ,
While you may find the Defendant Not Guilty of any or all of the crimes charged, or of any or all lesser included offenses, you may not find the Defendant Guilty of more than one of the following offenses:
Assault In The First Degree (Heat of Passion)
Assault In The Second degree (Heat of Passion)
Assault In The Second Degree (Reckless)