Roberts v. People

¶1 In this case, we review.-the district court’s order in People v. Roberts, No. 13CV31542 (El Paso Cty. Dist. Ct. May 27, 2014), affirming petitioner Monica Roberts’s county court conviction for harassment, 1 Ms. Roberts’s contention is narrow. She asserts that pursuant to our opinion in People v. Pickering, 276 P.3d 553 (Colo. 2011), self-defense is an affirmative defense to all crimes requiring intent, knowledge, or willfulness. She thus contends that (1) she was entitled to a self-defense affirmative defense instruction to the specific intent crime of harassment and (2) the county court’s…