COYTE, Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction of escaping from the Colorado State Penitentiary, contending that the trial court erred in refusing his tendered instructions on the defense of choice of evils, as set out in § 18-1-702, C.R.S.1973 (now in 1978 Repl. Vol. 8). We reverse.
We have previously held that the choice of evils defense is available in a prison escape situation where the prisoner is motivated by a definite, specific, and imminent threat...
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