Twelve Boulder County jurors were asked to determine whether the fatal stabbing of University of Colorado student Sean Hudson by another student during a brawl in downtown Boulder last December was self-defense or murder.

After a week of testimony and just three hours of deliberation, they came to the same conclusion as Ian Scheuermann’s attorneys: self-defense.

Scheuermann, 23, was found not guilty of second-degree murder Friday.

He also was acquitted of first-degree assault and one count of felony menacing, a charge that prosecutors said stemmed from Scheuermann allegedly threatening Hudson’s friend Jeremy Zellers with a knife.

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Ian Scheuermann hugs his attorney, Lisa Wayne, after the trial. Ian Scheuermann, 22, was found not guilty of murder in the death of Sean Hudson, 26, and another count of felony menacing for allegedly threatening another man with a knife.(Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer / Daily Camera)

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