People v. Miranda-Olivas

In this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, the People seek reversal of the trial court's suppression of statements made by Defendant to police on April 9, 2001. The trial court ruled that a police officer's statement to Defendant that he did not want to see Defendant's girlfriend "get drug into this thing if not actively involved" was "tantamount to a valid threat to arrest a woman who he had no reason to believe was involved," rendering Defendant's statements involuntary as the product of coercive conduct.

The record does not support the trial court's finding that Defendant's…