Man in ‘Make My Day’ Case Convicted
The first man to invoke Colorado’s “Make My Day” defense in a shooting has been convicted in a separate case of murdering his estranged wife and wounding her boyfriend.
David Guenther, 35, was found guilty Saturday of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault in the 1987 shootings. He faces at least 40 years in prison before parole, and prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty.
The “Make My Day” law allows residents to use deadly force in their homes against intruders. Guenther’s acquittal with that argument for the 1986 fatal shooting of a neighbor and wounding of two others was overturned by the state Supreme Court. But he was re-acquitted in that case with a self-defense argument.
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