Legal Opinion
United States v. Lopez
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 21, 2006No. 04-1223PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
The United States (“Government”) appeals the district court’s decision to suppress Defendanb-Appellee Leland Jeremy Lopez’s two confessions to killing Dalton Box. The district court concluded that Lopez’s confessions were the product of police coercion and, thus, involuntary. Having jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3731, we AFFIRM.
I. FACTS
Viewed in the light most favorable to Lopez, who was the prevailing party, see United States v. Minjares-Alvarez, 264 F.3d 980, 983-84 (10th Cir.2001), the evidence presented at the suppression hearing indicated the following: On May 18,…
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