UNITED STATES v. RICO

No. 20-1050.

3 F.4th 1236 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nickie Nathanial RICO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED July 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lance Hopkins , CJA Appellate Panel Member, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for Defendant-Appellant.

Elizabeth S. Ford Milani , Assistant United States Attorney ( Jason R. Dunn , United States Attorney with her on the brief), Denver, Colorado for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, EBEL, and CARSON, Circuit Judges.


Defendants often assert the affirmative defense of self-defense to justify conduct that results in injury to another. And as common sense tells us, self-defense means defending oneself from the threat of harm. So to invoke self-defense, one must face imminent danger that he did not cause. Defendant Nickie Nathanial Rico faced...

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