PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

No. 26766.

533 P.2d 919 (1975)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Glenn Christian HAMILTON, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Emeson, Dist. Atty., Lamar, for plaintiff-appellant.

Rollie R. Rogers, State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Robert M. Elliott, Deputy State Public Defender, La Junta, for defendant-appellee.


HODGES, Justice.

The district attorney brings this interlocutory appeal from a ruling of the district court granting defendant's motion to suppress statements made to police officers following his arrest. This ruling was grounded on the district court's finding that the evidence presented by the district attorney failed to establish probable cause to arrest without a warrant, thus rendering the statements inadmissible under the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine...

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