Legal Opinion
People v. Fordyce
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 23, 1980No. 80SA5PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
The People bring this interlocutory appeal under C.A.R. 4.1 seeking review of the trial court’s suppression of a statement taken from the defendant, Fannie Joyce For-dyce, as involuntary. We affirm the trial court’s ruling.
On the evening of September 7,1979, the defendant allegedly ignited a fire in her mobile home in Thornton, Colorado, which killed one of the mobile home’s occupants and injured the defendant. The defendant was charged with first-degree murder under sections 18-3-102(l)(a) and (b), C.R.S. 1973 (now in 1978 Repl. Vol. 8), and fourth-degree arson under…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- People v. MorenoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
- People v. ParksSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
- People v. ManierSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
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3Cited by35 opinions
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