PEOPLE v. VICKERY

No. 09SA383.

229 P.3d 278 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Dandy Lee VICKERY, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin C. Beeson, District Attorney, 9th Judicial District, Arnold P. Mordkin, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Aspen, Colorado, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kathy Goudy, Carbondale, Colorado, Attorney for Defendant-Appellee.


Justice RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this interlocutory appeal taken pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, we review an order from the Pitkin County District Court suppressing statements that the defendant made in response to police interrogation. We find that the trial court erred in suppressing the defendant's statements because the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to counsel. We therefore reverse the trial court's...

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