Getting arrested for DUI does not mean you will be convicted. Police misconduct, defective breathalyzers and crime lab mistakes may be enough to get your charges lessened or dismissed. Visit our page on Colorado DUI Laws to learn more.
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Getting arrested for DUI does not mean you will be convicted. Police misconduct, defective breathalyzers and crime lab mistakes may be enough to get your charges lessened or dismissed. Visit our page on Colorado DUI Laws to learn more.
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Yes, Colorado is a “stand your ground” state – but only with regard to dwellings and to the extent reasonably necessary to defend oneself or others.
People may use physical force to defend themselves or others when either:
18-1-704 C.R.S. permits people to utilize force that they reasonably believe is required to protect themselves or others from an offense involving the implementation of physical force. Note that reacting with deadly physical force is legally justified only in the following three situations:
Note that physical force is not legally justified in either of the following three situations:
18-1-704.5 C.R.S. permits people to implement physical force — including causing death — on an intruder if all of the following circumstances are true:
As long as these three conditions are met, the victim is protected from both criminal and civil liability. Therefore, there is no express “duty to retreat” under Colorado law before a victim may implement deadly force for self-defense or defense of others in his/her dwelling. It does not matter even if the victim could escape the situation without causing anyone harm.
Note that the Colorado Supreme Court refers to the Make My Day law as the force-against-intruders statute. (People v. Rau, (January 10, 2022) 2022 CO 3.)
18-1-706 C.R.S. permits people to use appropriate physical force reasonably necessary to prevent or stop what reasonably seems to be either:
If the property is not a dwelling, the person may use deadly force only if:
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