PEOPLE v. SALAZAR

No. 78-709.

610 P.2d 1354 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fred SALAZAR, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

May 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Mary E. Ricketson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Jane S. Hazen, Sp. Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals his convictions of second degree burglary and third degree criminal trespass. He asserts that he was coerced into waiving his right to testify in his own defense by the trial court's erroneous ruling that a statement given by him, although suppressed as violative of his Miranda rights, could be introduced to impeach his testimony. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

On October 14, 1977, defendant was apprehended as a suspect...

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