People v. Roblas
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kelley
This is an interlocutory appeal by the People, pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, challenging the trial court’s order suppressing the testimony of the prosecution’s key witness and all statements previously made by him. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
On September 14, 1976, the witness, Humberto Larez, was extradited to Weld County, Colorado, to answer charges in a homicide case. A man had been shot in the back on the evening of September 12, 1976, while allegedly attempting to steal onions from a field owned by Robert and Ralph Villano, defendants in the case at bar. Larez worked as a…
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