PEOPLE v. MEDINA

No. 00SA361.

25 P.3d 1216 (2001)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff/Appellant. v. Joseph Lorence MEDINA, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Thomas, District Attorney, Donna Skinner Reed, Chief Appellate District Attorney, Golden, CO, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Kenneth A. Padilla, Denver, CO, Attorney for Defendant/Appellee.


Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this interlocutory appeal, we review the trial court's order suppressing statements it found to be involuntary. The trial court concluded that the challenged statements resulted from a police threat, which was calculated to and did result in the defendant's confession. The record supports the trial court's findings of fact and conclusions of law that the interrogating detective's threat to have the child taken from...

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