Legal Opinion
People v. Rhodes
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided December 22, 1986No. 85SA378PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal under C.A.R. 4.1, the People contest a ruling of the El Paso County District Court suppressing in-culpatory statements made by the defendant, Cheryel Kay Rhodes, and evidence derived from the statements. The district court, considering testimony about the defendant’s mental condition at the time she made the statements in light of this court’s decision in People v. Connelly, 702 P.2d 722 (Colo.1985), concluded that the prosecution had failed to meet its burden of showing that the statements were voluntary. The United States Supreme Court reversed…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
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