PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. 81CA0878.

671 P.2d 973 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lauren WATSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1983.

Certiorari Denied September 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. MacFarlane, Former Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Sol. Gen., Maureen Phelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Norman S. Early, Jr., Dist. Atty., Designated Counsel, Brooke Wunnicke, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Gerald E. Piper, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


KELLY, Judge.

The defendant, Lauren Watson, was convicted of second-degree assault. The only issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing the defendant's tendered instruction advising the jury that a defendant is not required to retreat to the wall in order to rely on self-defense. We affirm.

Late on a September afternoon in 1980, defendant went with his young son to a recreation center where the boy indicated he would like to watch his father...

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