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U.S. v. LOPEZ

No. 04-1223.

437 F.3d 1059 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leland Jeremy LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Murphy, Assistant United States Attorney (John W. Suthers, United States Attorney, Robert Kennedy and Suneeta Hazra, Assistant United States Attorneys, with him on the briefs), Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William Herringer, Durango, CO, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, McKAY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

The United States ("Government") appeals the district court's decision to suppress Defendant-Appellee Leland Jeremy Lopez's two confessions to killing Dalton Box. The district court concluded that Lopez's confessions were the product of police coercion and, thus, involuntary. Having jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3731, we AFFIRM.

I. FACTS

Viewed in the light most favorable to Lopez, who was the prevailing party, see United...

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