PEOPLE v. VIGOA

No. 92SA257.

841 P.2d 311 (1992)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Ronald J. VIGOA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman S. Early, Jr., Dist. Atty., Second Judicial Dist., Nathan B. Coats, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Everett Engstrom, Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, James S. Covino, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


Justice QUINN delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The question in this case is whether the defendant's request for court-appointed counsel made in connection with a Crim.P. 5 proceeding, which was conducted subsequent to the defendant's arrest but prior to the actual filing of a criminal charge, constituted an invocation of the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel for purposes of his Miranda rights1 and thereby served to...

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