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Colorado Self Defense Law – Stand Your Ground
By H. Michael Steinberg Colorado Criminal Defense Lawyer
Introduction – No Duty to Retreat to the Wall – Right to Stand Your Ground
In a recent case, People v. Sheila Renee Monroe, the Colorado Supreme Court reversed a guilty verdict in a homicide case because the prosecutor argued, in response to the defendant’s assertion that she acted in self-defense, that the defendant had a duty to retreat before using deadly force.