Brousseau said Gould only gave advice to the other officer accused of shooting Glass, Andrew Buen, based on the information provided to him. Gould was off-duty and at home at the time, Brousseau said, echoing arguments he made in a motion to dismiss the charges filed last week.
Prosecutors did not respond to the argument during the hearing in Idaho Springs. Judge Catherine Cheroutes said she would give the district attorney's office until Feb. 14 to respond to Brousseau's arguments in writing.
Gould was indicted for reckless endangerment and criminally negligent homicide in Glass' death, which drew national attention and prompted calls for police reforms focused on crisis intervention.
The Attorney for two Denver, Colorado police officers is pushing for dismissal in the case of fatally shooting a stranded man. The victim was having a "mental health crisis" and was shot five times.
Glass, who called police to help get his Honda Pilot unstuck, appeared to be "paranoid" and having a "mental health crisis," according to the indictment. After authorities broke a window in his vehicle, Glass then brandished a knife in "a state of complete panic and self defense," and Buen fired five times at Glass, according to the indictment.
Gould gave permission for officers to break a vehicle window as a last resort, but he could not have foreseen a series of events that preceded the shooting, including Glass holding a knife and another officer getting too close to Glass, Brousseau said in last week's filing.