People v. Chavez

QUINN, Justice.

The defendant, Robert Chavez (defendant), appeals his conviction of two counts of second degree burglary of a dwelling, section 18-4-203, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). He alleges that the trial court erred in denying his pretrial motion to prohibit pros-ecutorial use of prior conviction evidence as substantive proof of habitual criminal charges. He further asserts that the court erred in denying his motion to suppress various items of evidence taken from him during and shortly after his arrest and in denying his motion to suppress a custodial statement made to the arresting…