PEOPLE v. HUGHES

Nos. 11SA21, 11SA42.

252 P.3d 1118 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Benjamin Vester HUGHES, Defendant-Appellee. The People of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Martha Meza-Reyes, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Chambers , District Attorney, Eighteenth Judicial District, Andrew Cooper , Chief Deputy District Attorney, David Jones , Senior Deputy District Attorney, Centennial, Colorado, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Douglas K. Wilson , Colorado State Public Defender, Michael A. Faye , Deputy State Public Defender, Centennial, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee Benjamin Vester Hughes.

Law Offices of Miguel Martinez, P.C., Miguel Martinez , Daniel R. Wingler , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee Martha Meza-Reyes.


Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

I. Introduction

Two interlocutory appeals are before us, People v. Hughes and People v. Meza-Reyes, where the People seek review of trial court orders suppressing evidence on the basis that the officers failed to comply with the requirements of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 444, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). In both cases, the People make...

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