People v. Garcia

BENDER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

We review the court of appeals’ decision in People v. Garcia, 87 P.3d 159 (Colo.App.2003), which reversed Steve David Garcia, Jr.’s convictions for the attempted second degree murder and first degree assault of his wife.

Garcia, an insulin-dependent diabetic, asserted before trial’that he had suffered from hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar level, at the time of the crimes and that he intended to raise involuntary intoxication as an affirmative defense. Hypoglycemia is a medical condition resulting from a diabetic’s ingestion, or injection, of insulin coupled with…