People v. Vigil

This is an interlocutory appeal challenging the rulings of the District Court of Adams County sustaining motions to suppress physical evidence, statements and admissions by the defendant, Jesse Vigil. We reverse.

The defendant and Virgil Thomas Vigil were jointly charged with two counts of first-degree murder of Josephine B. McLennan, aggravated robbery and conspiracy. Separate trials of the two defendants have been ordered.

The evidence at the hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress disclosed that on the night of November 11, 1978, Officer Mattie of the Colorado State Patrol was shot while…