People v. Manning

ROVIRA, Justice.

The People appeal a Ruling and Order of the Boulder District Court suppressing certain statements of the defendant, Elizabeth Manning, as well as all evidence gathered by the police before and after those statements were made. C.A.R. 4.1. We agree that the statements were obtained as a result of a promise made to the defendant and must therefore be suppressed. Under the “fruit of the poisonous tree” doctrine, all evidence gathered as a direct result of those statements must also be suppressed. 1 We disagree, however, with the trial court’s conclusion that all evidence gathered…