People v. Maes

In this interlocutory appeal, the district attorney challenges the trial court’s order suppressing incriminating statements made to the police by defendant Maes, a juvenile. From our review of this record, we conclude that the trial court’s suppression order was proper and therefore we affirm its ruling.

On January 10, 1977, the police department received a report of a burglary at a church in Pueblo, Colorado. During investigation, police officers arrested one of the participants who implicated the defendant and furnished information as to his location. The defendant was also wanted as a…