People v. Anderson

The petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, has filed this interlocutory appeal, pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, to challenge the district court’s order suppressing statements made to a Denver police defectively the defendant, Kevin Anderson, after the defendant had been advised of his right to counsel as prescribed by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), and had waived that right. The district court held that the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated when the detective initiated a conversation with the defendant after the defendant had…