PEOPLE v. BRIGGS

No. 83SC134.

709 P.2d 911 (1985)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Paul Alan BRIGGS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Sol. Gen., Maureen Phelan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for petitioner.

Gerash & Robinson, P.C., Scott H. Robinson, Denver, for respondent.


NEIGHBORS, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in People v. Briggs, 668 P.2d 961 (Colo.App.1983). The court reversed the defendant's conviction and ordered a new trial, holding that certain testimonial and real evidence must be suppressed because it was derived from involuntary statements that were obtained from the defendant. The court ruled that a witness' testimony compelled by the grant...

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