PEOPLE v. NEWTON

Court of Appeals No. 18CA1697.

517 P.3d 79 (2022)

2022 COA 59

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Erik Jamal NEWTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Jacob R. Lofgren , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Megan A. Ring , Colorado State Public Defender, Meghan M. Morris , Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


¶ 1 Defendant, Erik Jamal Newton, appeals his convictions for first degree murder and evidence tampering. Because the officers who conducted Newton's custodial interview incorrectly led him to believe that he had no right to counsel at state expense during his interrogation, and because the admission of the confession...

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