People v. Pease

This is an interlocutory appeal of the district court’s order suppressing statements of the defendant, Jeffrey Pease, pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1. The district court suppressed Pease’s statements from use at trial because the police deliberately faded to tell Pease that they had a warrant for his arrest. We reverse and hold that Pease’s waiver of Mi randa 1 rights was valid even though the police deliberately failed to tell Pease that there was a warrant for his arrest.

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In September 1994, Colorado Springs Police Detective Richard Hunt obtained information concerning Pease’s alleged sexual activity…