COURVOISIER V. RAYMOND
23 Colo. 113, 47 P. 284 (1896)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This is an appeal from an awarding of damages.
FACTS: Courvoisier (D) lived on the second level of a jewelry store that he owned. One
night, intruders tried to enter his store. D chased the intruders outside with his revolver
and fired a shot in the air to scare them. The intruders did not run away but continued to
bombard D with bricks and stones. Raymond (P), a police officer, heard the shots and came to
the scene. P walked toward D, telling him not to shoot because he was an officer. D thought
P was one of the rioters, and deliberately shot him. D thought P was approaching him in a
threatening way, and shot in self-defense. P sued for damages resulting from the shooting. P
claimed he was duly authorized to approach D for a breach of the peace, and that D, knowing
him to be a police officer, recklessly shot him. D claimed P was approaching him in a
threatening manner and the surrounding circumstances were enough for him to believe that his
life was in danger and it was necessary to shoot in self-defense. The trial court ruled for
P. D appealed based on a jury instruction stating that if they believed that at the time the
D shot P, P was not assaulting D, then the verdict should be for P. D believed this
instruction eliminated the possibility for the jurors to consider that D believed that he
was shooting one of the rioters.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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