Legal Opinion
People v. Cummings
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 23, 1985No. 85SA39PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal under C.A.R. 4.1, the People assert that the Adams County District Court erred in suppressing as involuntary certain statements made by the defendant and in suppressing certain evidence found during the execution of search warrants. We reverse.
The bodies of a man and a woman, apparently murder victims, were found in a parked Toyota Corolla on September 4, 1984. Both victims had been shot and stabbed numerous times. Late that afternoon, the defendant, Pete James Cummings, called the Aurora Police Department after seeing a newcast about the…
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