PEOPLE v. CHIRICO

No. 10CA1240.

272 P.3d 1170 (2012)

2012 COA 16

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Austin CHIRICO, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. A.

February 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Alice Q. Hosley , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Steven Louth , Boulder, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Chief Judge DAVIDSON.

¶ 1 Defendant, Austin Chirico, appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of third degree assault. The issues reviewed concern the right to self-defense against an attempted citizen's arrest. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

I. Background

¶ 2 The victim, with about thirty others, had been socializing and drinking alcohol one night at a friend's home near the CU-Boulder campus...

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