PEOPLE v. CERDA

Supreme Court Case No. 24SA23.

559 P.3d 206 (2024)

2024 CO 49

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Martin Otonoel CERDA, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

June 24, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant: Michael T. Dougherty, District Attorney, Twentieth Judicial District, Adam Kendall, Chief Trial Deputy District Attorney, Ryan P. Day, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Boulder, Colorado.

Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee: Megan A. Ring, Public Defender, Jeffrey Gillio, Deputy Public Defender, Carly Bovey, Deputy Public Defender, Boulder, Colorado.

Attorney for Amicus Curiae Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center: Katherine Houston, Lakewood, Colorado.

JUSTICE HOOD delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BOATRIGHT, JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ, JUSTICE GABRIEL, JUSTICE HART, JUSTICE SAMOUR, and JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER joined.


¶1 The defendant, Martin Otonoel Cerda, has been charged with first degree murder in Boulder County. In this interlocutory appeal, the prosecution challenges the district court's suppression of statements Cerda made during custodial interrogation following his arrest. Although the detectives...

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