Legal Opinion
Hunter v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 15, 1982No. 80SC284PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Chief Justice.
The defendant, Michael Kevin Hunter, was convicted of felony theft under section 18-^-401, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). Reversal of this conviction was urged in the court of appeals on the ground that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a signed confession obtained by department store security guards, without first holding an in camera hearing to determine the vol-untariness of the confession. In an opinion not selected for publication, the court of appeals ruled that this was error on the part of the trial court; but nevertheless affirmed the…
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