People v. Connelly

QUINN, Chief Justice.

The People, pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, challenge a ruling of the district court suppressing inculpatory statements made by the defendant and any evidence that might have been derived from those statements. The district court ruled that the defendant was suffering from a severe mental disorder which rendered his statements involuntary and that the prosecution had not met its burden of proving an effective waiver of the defendant’s Miranda rights.1 We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with directions.

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The defendant was charged with the second degree murder2 of Marry…