PEOPLE v. ROBLAS

No. 27688.

568 P.2d 57 (1977)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eustacio Alvarado ROBLAS and Ralph Villano and Robert Villano, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

August 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Miller, Dist. Atty., Michael A. Varallo, Asst. Dist. Atty., Stanley C. Peek, Deputy Dist. Atty., Greeley, for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel T. Smith, Denver, for defendants-appellees Ralph Villano and Robert Villano.


KELLEY, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the People, pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, challenging the trial court's order suppressing the testimony of the prosecution's key witness and all statements previously made by him. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

On September 14, 1976, the witness, Humberto Larez, was extradited to Weld County, Colorado, to answer charges in a homicide case. A man had been shot in the back on the evening of September...

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