People v. Matheny

In this interlocutory appeal filed pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, the prosecution challenges an order of the Park County District Court suppressing all statements made by Defendant, Jonathan Matheny, to investigators during a videotaped interview with police at the headquarters of the Colorado Springs Police Department. The trial court ruled that these statements must be suppressed because they were obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). For the reasons set forth below, we hold that Defendant was not in custody within the meaning of Miranda…