PEOPLE v. COSTA

No. 27650.

566 P.2d 366 (1977)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph A. COSTA, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

July 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. E. Losavio, Jr., Dist. Atty., Warren T. Marshall, Deputy Dist. Atty., Pueblo, for plaintiff-appellant.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, Denver, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Douglas D. Piersel, Deputy State Public Defender, Pueblo, for defendant-appellee.


ERICKSON, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal was taken after an order was entered suppressing a statement made by the defendant, Joseph A. Costa. At the time the statement was made, the defendant had been charged with theft and was confined in jail because of his failure to make bail. At a bail reduction hearing, the defendant asserted that he had not committed the theft in issue.

While the defendant was in jail awaiting trial on the theft charge, he apparently...

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