Legal Opinion
People v. Saiz
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 17, 1980No. 80SA100PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, the People challenge the trial court’s ruling that portions of a statement by the defendant, Rudy Saiz, are inadmissible because they were obtained unconstitutionally. We approve that ruling.
The defendant, who was sixteen years old at the time of the crimes, was convicted of first-degree murder, section 18-3-102, C.R. S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8), first-degree burglary, section 18-4-202, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8), and aggravated robbery, section 18-4-302, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8), in criminal proceedings in district…
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