PEOPLE v. BATES

No. 26998.

546 P.2d 491 (1976)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elbert BATES, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Russel, Dist. Atty., David H. Zook, Deputy Dist. Atty., Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellant.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Barney Iuppa, Jr., Deputy State Public Defender, Colorado Springs, for defendant-appellee.


LEE, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the People from a ruling of the trial court suppressing certain statements made by defendant Bates after he had been arrested and charged with several counts of burglary and theft. We affirm.

The record reveals that within minutes after making a preliminary investigation of the burglary of two Colorado Springs residences the investigating officers received a call from their dispatcher, relating that the parties...

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