People v. Pierson

ERICKSON, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to review People v. Pierson, 633 P.2d 485 (Colo.App.1981), which reversed the district court’s denial of a motion to suppress statements made by the defendant at two different times and overturned Pierson’s conviction for first-degree murder. We reverse the Court of Appeals in part and affirm in part, and return this case to the Court of Appeals with directions to remand to the district court for a further hearing and for a new trial.

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In the early morning hours of March 14, 1977, the defendant, Richard Austin Pier-son, telephoned the Boulder…