PEOPLE v. LaFRANKIE

No. 92SA476.

858 P.2d 702 (1993)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Leslie Benjamin LaFRANKIE, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander M. Hunter, Dist. Atty., William F. Nagel, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Boulder, for plaintiff/appellant.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, John Lucas, Deputy State Public Defender, Boulder, for defendant/appellee.


Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The People bring this interlocutory appeal pursuant to section 16-12-102(2), 8A C.R.S. (1986), asking that we reject the determination of the trial court and reverse its order suppressing statements made to the police by the defendant. After examining the totality of the circumstances, the district court concluded that because the defendant was interviewed by the police for the purpose of obtaining a confession and...

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