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State Supreme Court reverses kidnapping conviction due to faulty instruction
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It is not accurate to define kidnapping as any movement, “however short in distance,” the Colorado Supreme Court decided on Monday, reversing a man’s conviction because a Gilpin County judge wrongly instructed the jury. Under the law, someone who commits kidnapping seizes and carries a person from one place to another without their consent. But…
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Defendants may claim harassment in self-defense, state Supreme Court rules
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People may assert that they committed harassment in self-defense, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday, finding that an Arapahoe County judge mistakenly failed to instruct a jury that they could acquit a tow truck driver if they believed he punched another motorist to defend himself. Under state law, the crime of harassment involves striking…
