Legal Opinion
People v. Briggs
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided August 29, 1983No. 81CA0152PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Judge.
The defendant, Paul Briggs, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder. The primary question on appeal is whether the extrajudicial statements of Kirk R. Martin, his trial testimony, and the tape-recorded conversation between Martin and the defendant must all be suppressed as derivative evidence from the defendant’s conced-edly illegally-obtained statements or whether the trial court correctly found sufficient attenuation to dissipate the taint. Error in the suppression rulings requires reversal and remand for a new trial.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Harrison v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. CeccoliniSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. Jo Ann WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. BriggsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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- People v. BriggsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- People v. BriggsColorado Court of Appeals · 1983