PEOPLE v. RAMIREZ

Nos. 79SC180, 79SC69, C-1801, 79SC116, 79SC185, 79SC223, 79SC105 and 79SC285.

609 P.2d 616 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Arthur Paul RAMIREZ, Respondent. Raymond CORDOVA, Petitioner, v. The DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF PUEBLO, and State of Colorado, and The Honorable Richard D. Robb, Judge thereof, Respondents. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Andres P. ZEPEDA, Keith W. Jasper, and Mark A. Theodoran, Respondents. Alberta Bell ANDERSON, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Merced LUNA, Glenn Gerald Rutten, and Guadalupe Arellano, Respondents. Richard Thomas EDWARDS, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Gallagher, Jr., Dist. Atty., Steven R. Polidori, Deputy Dist. Atty., for petitioner in No. 79SC180.

Tague, Goss, Schilken & Beem, P. C., P. Arthur Tague, Denver, for respondent in No. 79SC180.

John R. Naylor, Henry J. Geisel, Pueblo, for petitioner in No. 79SC69.

J. E. Losavio, Jr., Dist. Atty., Scott B. Epstein, Deputy Dist. Atty., for respondents in No. 79SC69.

Paul Q. Beacom, Dist. Atty., Marc P. Mishkin, Deputy Dist. Atty., for petitioner in Nos. C-1801, 79SC116 and 79SC185.

Manuel J. Solano, Westminster, for respondent Andres P. Zepeda.

Johnston & Margolis, P. C., H. Kenneth Johnston II, Broomfield, for respondent Keith W. Jasper.

Lloyd W. Macy, Chris Melonakis, Northglenn, for respondent Mark A. Theodoran.

Dale P. Tursi, Pueblo, for petitioner in No. 79SC223.

Alexander M. Hunter, Dist. Atty., Dennis B. Wanebo, Deputy Dist. Atty., for respondent in No. 79SC223.

Robert N. Miller, Dist. Atty., Elizabeth B. Johnson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Greeley, for petitioner in No. 79SC105.

Kim Houtchens, Greeley, for respondent Merced Luna.

Paula Miller, Denver, for respondents Glenn Gerald Rutten and Guadalupe Arellano.

Ralph L. Cavalli, Lakewood, for petitioner in No. 79SC285.

Nolan L. Brown, Dist. Atty., Linda Palmieri Rigsby, Deputy Dist. Atty., for respondent in No. 79SC285.


ERICKSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari in these cases to consider the constitutional issues that have been raised by the imposition of roadside sobriety tests on persons suspected of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs. The central issue presented by each of these cases, which we have consolidated for the purpose of this opinion, is whether a person must be given the warnings directed by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S...

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