People v. McIntyre

This is an interlocutory appeal by the prosecution pursuant to section 16-12-102(2), 8A C.R.S. (1989 Supp.) and C.A.R. 4.1. The trial court found that certain statements including a written confession given by the defendant James H. McIntyre to the police were involuntary and ordered their suppression. We affirm the ruling of the trial court.

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After receiving reports that the defendant had sexually abused his three-year-old son, Detective Wayne Weyler of the Adams *1109County Sheriffs Department attempted to contact McIntyre. When McIntyre was told by his mother that Weyler wanted to talk to him,…