PEOPLE v. GARCIA

Court of Appeals No. 17CA1911.

493 P.3d 929 (2021)

2021 COA 65

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafael Aguilar GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Announced May 13, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Brian M. Lanni , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Megan A. Ring , Colorado State Public Defender, Joseph Paul Hough , Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


¶ 1 Defendant, Rafael Aguilar Garcia, appeals his conviction for first degree murder. He contends that double jeopardy barred his retrial and that the trial court erred by instructing the jury that it could not consider self-defense. We reject these contentions and affirm his conviction...

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