context: A court may give an initial aggressor instruction if the evidence will support a reasonable inference that the defendant initiated the physical conflict by using or threatening the imminent use of unlawful physical foree.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 78 P.3d 1108, 1113
citation_a.parenthetical: "A defendant must initiate the physical conflict to be the initial aggressor."
citation_a.sentence: See People v. Roadcap, 78 P.3d 1108, 1113 (Colo.App.2003) ("A defendant must initiate the physical conflict to be the initial aggressor."); cf. People v. Jones, 675 P.2d 9, 16 (Colo.1984) ("The Colorado law of self-defense requires that there be some evidence showing that the victim, as the initial aggressor, used or threatened the imminent use of unlawful physical foree against the defendant.").
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 675 P.2d 9, 16
citation_b.parenthetical: "The Colorado law of self-defense requires that there be some evidence showing that the victim, as the initial aggressor, used or threatened the imminent use of unlawful physical foree against the defendant."
citation_b.sentence: See People v. Roadcap, 78 P.3d 1108, 1113 (Colo.App.2003) ("A defendant must initiate the physical conflict to be the initial aggressor."); cf. People v. Jones, 675 P.2d 9, 16 (Colo.1984) ("The Colorado law of self-defense requires that there be some evidence showing that the victim, as the initial aggressor, used or threatened the imminent use of unlawful physical foree against the defendant.").