PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 08CA1435.

230 P.3d 1227 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas TAYLOR, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers, Attorney General, John T. Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Dean Neuwirth P.C., Dean Neuwirth, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge ROMÁN.

Defendant, Thomas Taylor, appeals the judgment of conviction for illegal discharge of a firearm, a class five felony, entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of that offense and third degree assault, a misdemeanor. We conclude that the trial court erred in rejecting a self-defense instruction on the illegal discharge of a firearm charge. Therefore, we reverse his conviction for illegal discharge of a firearm and remand for a new trial...

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