11-04-2007
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Member Since: Feb 2006
Location: Morrison, CO
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Re: Do You Carry A Gun?
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Originally Posted by Steve
You basically have two choices here:
Cite the law, or admit you don't know what the fuck you're talking about...
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CRS 18-3-202. Specifically section 2:
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(2) (a) If assault in the first degree is committed under circumstances where the act causing the injury is performed upon a sudden heat of passion, caused by a serious and highly provoking act of the intended victim, affecting the person causing the injury sufficiently to excite an irresistible passion in a reasonable person, and without an interval between the provocation and the injury sufficient for the voice of reason and humanity to be heard, it is a class 5 felony.
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Additional notes:
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Under subsection (2), heat of passion is not an affirmative defense to first degree assault. If found by the jury, it merely results in a reduction of penalty. People v. Pennese, 830 P.2d 1085 (Colo. App. 1991).
By enacting subsection (2)(a), the general assembly maintained the offense of first degree assault, while providing for a lesser sentence if the additional mitigating factor of heat of passion was present. Rowe v. People, 856 P.2d 486 (Colo. 1993).
If first degree assault is committed under heat of passion, it is still a crime of violence and defendant must be sentenced in accordance with § 16-11-309. People v. Farbes, 973 P.2d 704 (Colo. App. 1998); People v. Ferguson, 43 P.3d 705 (Colo. App. 2001).
The general assembly did not intend for heat of passion to be an affirmative defense to the offense of first degree assault. Rowe v. People, 856 P.2d 486 (Colo. 1993).
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On self defense:
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18-1-704. Use of physical force in defense of a person.
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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person is justified in using physical force upon another person in order to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he may use a degree of force which he reasonably believes to be necessary for that purpose.
(2) Deadly physical force may be used only if a person reasonably believes a lesser degree of force is inadequate and:
(a) The actor has reasonable ground to believe, and does believe, that he or another person is in imminent danger of being killed or of receiving great bodily injury; or
(b) The other person is using or reasonably appears about to use physical force against an occupant of a dwelling or business establishment while committing or attempting to commit burglary as defined in sections 18-4-202 to 18-4-204; or
(c) The other person is committing or reasonably appears about to commit kidnapping as defined in section 18-3-301 or 18-3-302, robbery as defined in section 18-4-301 or 18-4-302, sexual assault as set forth in section 18-3-402, or in section 18-3-403 as it existed prior to July 1, 2000, or assault as defined in sections 18-3-202 and 18-3-203.
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Character of threat or provocation must be shown. To support the defense of self-defense, it must be shown that the provocation or threat occurred immediately prior to the homicide, and must be of such a character as to place the accused in sudden fear of his life or in fear of great bodily injury. English v. People, 178 Colo. 325, 497 P.2d 691 (1972).
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