PEOPLE v. WAKEFIELD

Court of Appeals No. 15CA0654.

428 P.3d 639 (2018)

2018 COA 37

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy WAKEFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. VI.

Announced March 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Majid Yazdi , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Haddon, Morgan & Foreman, P.C., Norman R. Mueller , Rachel A. Bellis , Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


¶ 1 When there is evidence in a murder case indicating that the defendant shot the victim either accidentally or in self-defense, is the trial court required to grant his request for a self-defense instruction? Under the facts of this case, we answer "yes" to this question....

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