Monica Roberts, Petitioner v. the People of the State of Colorado, Respondent

Summary

The court affirmed the district court’s judgment upholding Roberts’s harassment conviction. It held that the prior decision relied on by Roberts did not establish a categorical rule requiring a self-defense affirmative-defense instruction whenever a crime requires intent, knowledge, or willfulness, and Roberts offered no other basis for such an instruction. The court therefore found no instructional error and declined to decide whether harassment is categorically inconsistent with self-defense.