People v. Hopkins

In this interlocutory appeal the People challenge an order suppressing the defendant’s custodial statements and various items of stolen property taken by him in two burglaries. We conclude that the district court applied an erroneous legal standard in suppressing the challenged evidence. We accordingly reverse the order of suppression and remand the case for further proceedings.

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The defendant, Kevin Eugene Hopkins, was charged in the District Court of Eagle County with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and two counts of criminal mischief, all of which occurred between August 3 and…