PEOPLE v. BOOKMAN

No. 78-203.

615 P.2d 44 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ben Earl BOOKMAN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

As Modified On Denial of Rehearing April 10, 1980.

Certiorari Granted August 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Gallagher, Jr., Steven R. Polidori, Littleton, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Public Defender, Norman R. Mueller and Shelley Gilman, Deputy State Public Defenders, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


ENOCH, Chief Judge.

Convicted by a jury of manslaughter, defendant appeals. Defendant contends that police officers subjected him to an unreasonable detention, or alternatively, an illegal arrest in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. He also argues that his Fifth Amendment rights were violated during a lengthy interrogation by police. Thus, defendant contends, the trial court erred by admitting as evidence statements he made and other evidence obtained by the...

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