Legal Opinion
People v. Heintze
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 14, 1980No. 80SA243PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Quinn
The People in this interlocutory appeal challenge a ruling of the district court suppressing a three and one-half hour tape recorded statement taken from the defendant at the Eagle County jail on December 14, 1979. The trial court concluded that the statement was obtained in violation of Crim. P. 5(a)(1) because the defendant had not been taken before a judge and advised of his rights without unnecessary delay after his arrest on December 11, 1979. We reverse and remand with directions.
On December 8, 1979, an architect was beaten to death with a claw hammer in his apartment in Vail, Colorado.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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