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Looks like he will be charged with 2nd degree assault.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/12...lt-charge.html
The irony. Victim moved from Chicago to Denver and gets shot in Denver...
I’m not so sure. 2nd degree assault is a felony in CO with a COV designation carrying mandatory prison time if convicted. I assume the prosecutor is justifying the charge under the “recklessly causing serious bodily injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon” provision in the statute.
I might be more comfortable with the charge if he was shitfaced drunk or waving the gun around and injured someone. However, I’m a little unsettled by a felony charge from a non-fatal ND to the leg while retrieving a gun that fell out of a holster. Assuming he was sober (a big assumption) that means that virtually any ND that causes injury in CO could make you a felon. Are you cool with that?
Last edited by Sensei; 06-12-2018 at 11:30 PM.
I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
I’m not but looking a the CO statute:
2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 3 - Offenses Against the Person
Part 2 - Assaults
§ 18-3-203. Assault in the second degree
CO Statutes define “Recklessly” thus:d) He recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person by means of a deadly weapon; or
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 1 - Provisions Applicable to Offenses Generally
Part 5 - Principles of Criminal Culpability
§ 18-1-501. Definitions
Given they still don’t have BAC results there is no way they can support the Reckless element at this time.(8) "Recklessly". A person acts recklessly when he consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that a result will occur or that a circumstance exists.
DA is grand standing and over charging for political purposes.
Last edited by HCM; 06-12-2018 at 11:52 PM.
Well, the video seemed to show the “recklessly” part, well enough.
The trigger is not a carry handle.
The trigger is NOT a carry handle!