CASE v. PEOPLE

No. 88SC6.

774 P.2d 866 (1989)

Patricia Mae CASE, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Moyers, Colorado Springs, for petitioner.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Clement P. Engle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for respondent.


ERICKSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals unpublished opinion in People v. Case, 85CA1676 (Colo.App. Nov. 12, 1987), which affirmed the trial court's refusal to submit a self-defense instruction to the jury. We affirm.

I.

The petitioner, Patricia Mae Case, was charged with reckless manslaughter1 following an altercation in which she stabbed and fatally wounded Gregory Carter. Although...

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