PEOPLE v. DeLUNA

No. 26122.

515 P.2d 459 (1973)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Roberto Aravano DeLUNA, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. O. Lewis, Dist. Atty., L. William Miller, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alamosa, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith & McClure, Alamosa, for defendant-appellee.


DAY, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal on behalf of the People is from an order of the Costillo County District Court suppressing statements made by defendant DeLuna to interrogating officers following his arrest. We affirm the ruling.

The contested ruling was entered after an extensive hearing. Witnesses for the defendant, including a professor of foreign languages who had conversed with the defendant in both English...

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