PEOPLE v. SPRING

No. 80CA1081.

671 P.2d 965 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Leroy SPRING, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1983.

Certiorari Granted October 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Susan P. Mele, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, State Public Defender, Margaret L. O'Leary, Deputy Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


TURSI, Judge.

Appealing his conviction for first degree murder in the death of Donald Walker, defendant, John Spring, contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress three separate statements made while in custody for an unrelated offense. We find error in the suppression rulings, and accordingly, we reverse and remand for new trial.

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