PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 84CA0297.

712 P.2d 1048 (1985)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kelly Arthur JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1985.

Certiorari Denied January 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Peter J. Stapp, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

David F. Vela, Colo. State Public Defender, Judy Fried, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Certiorari Denied (People) January 21, 1986.

BABCOCK, Judge.

Defendant, Kelly A. Johnson, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of second degree forgery. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress a written statement made to the police on the day after his arrest because it was obtained in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. We agree, and reverse.

Defendant was...

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