People v. Cooper

METZGER, Judge.

Defendant, Phillip Cooper, appeals the judgments of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of first degree murder, first degree assault, and attempted aggravated robbery. He contends that the trial court erred when it denied his motions to suppress both evidence seized after a warrantless arrest and his statements to law enforcement officers. We affirm.

On December 30, 1982, three men attempted to rob a man and a woman outside a Denver restaurant. During the attempted robbery the woman was shot and killed and the man was injured. The police recovered a single…