People v. Vigil

This is an interlocutory appeal for review of a trial court ruling denying defendant Gene Vigil’s motion to suppress as evidence a confession and certain articles recovered as a result of a search and seizure. The facts relevant to our disposition of this case are, briefly, as follows:

On Saturday, August 22, 1970, the theft of various articles, including several checks, was reported. That same night, the defendant was arrested in connection with the above crime, taken to a hospital for treatment of a severe head laceration, and jailed in the Eagle County Jail. On the following Monday, August…