PEOPLE v. PIERSON

No. 81SC211.

670 P.2d 770 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Richard Austin PIERSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., David K. Rees, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for petitioner.

Massaro & Nugent, Nicholas R. Massaro, Jr., Sp. Deputy Public Defender, Grand Junction, for respondent.


ERICKSON, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to review People v. Pierson, 633 P.2d 485 (Colo.App.1981), which reversed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress statements made by the defendant at two different times and overturned Pierson's conviction for first-degree murder. We reverse the Court of Appeals in part and affirm in part, and return this case to the Court of Appeals with directions to remand to the...

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