PEOPLE v. PEARSON

No. 85SA275.

725 P.2d 782 (1986)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nancy Lynn PEARSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doyle T. Johns, Jr., Dist. Atty., Mark L. Miner, Deputy Dist. Atty., Fort Morgan, for plaintiff-appellant.

David F. Vela, Public Defender, William Sublette, Deputy Public Defender, Sterling, for defendant-appellee.


KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, the People challenge an order of the Morgan County District Court suppressing a custodial statement made by the defendant, Nancy Pearson, to a deputy sheriff in connection with the September 15, 1984, shooting death of her husband, John Pearson, Jr. The trial court concluded that the defendant's statement was involuntary. We vacate the district court's order and remand the case with directions...

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