PEOPLE v. RICHARDS

No. 27690.

568 P.2d 1173 (1977)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Randy Allen RICHARDS, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance L. Farina, Dist. Atty., James R. Alvillar, Deputy Dist. Atty., Twenty-First Judicial Dist., Grand Junction, for plaintiff-appellant.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Edward A. Lipton, Deputy State Public Defender, Twenty-First Judicial Dist., Grand Junction, for defendant-appellee.


PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the District Attorney of the Twentieth Judicial District from an order of the district court granting defendant's motion to suppress certain statements which defendant made to the police following his arrest. We affirm the ruling of the district court.

At the suppression hearing, Officer Douglas Rushing of the Grand Junction Police Department testified that he had conducted an investigation concerning the rape of...

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