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PEOPLE v. DOWNER

No. 27261.

557 P.2d 835 (1976)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jerome Joseph DOWNER, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan L. Brown, Dist. Atty., F. Joseph Mackey III, Deputy Dist. Atty., Golden, for plaintiff-appellant.

No appearance for defendant-appellee.

HODGES, Justice.

The district attorney brings this appeal solely on questions of law pursuant to section 16-12-102, C.R.S.1973. Defendant Downer was charged with the crimes of second-degree murder and first-degree arson. He pled not guilty and was tried before a jury. During the trial, the court suppressed certain statements made by the defendant immediately following the fire and later before a grand jury. At the close of the People's evidence, the defendant made...

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