PEOPLE v. SAPP

Nos. 96SC84, 96SC85.

934 P.2d 1367 (1997)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Joel SAPP, Respondent. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner, v. Hershel BLACKFORD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Michaelson, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial District, Todd H. Barson, Deputy District Attorney, Breckenridge, for Petitioner.

Bruno, Bruno & Colin, P.C., Louis B. Bruno, Paul D. Godec, Denver, for Respondents.


Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in these two cases to review the orders of the Lake County District Court affirming orders of a county court suppressing evidence in the prosecutions of two law enforcement officers for False Reporting to Authorities1 and Second Degree Official Misconduct.2 The county court concluded that the officers' statements were compelled by the...

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