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Articles Posted in Colorado Self Defense Colorado Self-Defense Law Treats Multiple Attackers

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Colorado law asks a jury to consider everyone who reasonably appeared to threaten you, not just the person whose punch landed first.

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Colorado does not give a special rule for multiple attackers, but it does something just as important: the jury must weigh the number of people who reasonably appeared to threaten you when deciding whether your fear and your response were reasonable.

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