miranda v. arizona
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Colorado Supreme Court finds Aurora police committed no Miranda violation when interrogating suspect
Aurora police did not need to provide a Miranda warning to a road rage suspect before interrogating him outside his apartment building in an accusatory manner, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona, law enforcement must inform suspects of their constitutional rights to remain silent…
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Colorado justices reverse murder conviction for police interrogation lacking Miranda warning
A woman convicted of murdering her husband in a Moffat County motel room will receive a new trial after the Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that police failed to provide a Miranda warning before interrogating her. Rachel Ann Niemeyer and Michael Adam Freese were intoxicated and handling a rifle when the gun went off and…
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Colorado justices wrestle with whether woman’s 2.5 hours under police supervision was ‘custody’
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court wrestled last month with a question that previously divided the state’s second-highest court: Did Craig law enforcement effectively place a heavily intoxicated woman in custody and interrogate her for the murder of her husband without providing the necessary Miranda warning? The answer could implicate the breadth of protection afforded…
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Colorado justices skeptical Aurora officer committed Miranda violation on road rage suspect
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court appeared skeptical last week that a road rage suspect was “in custody” at the time an Aurora police officer interrogated him, as the state’s second-highest court believed was the case. Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona, police must inform a suspect of their rights to…
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Boulder County detectives violated suspect’s Miranda rights, Supreme Court rules
Boulder County sheriff’s detectives continued to interrogate a murder suspect even after he definitively invoked his constitutional right to remain silent, the Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday in barring the prosecution from using the man’s in-custody statements at trial. The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office insisted a pair of detectives attempted to end the…
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Colorado Supreme Court permits Boulder prosecutors to use murder suspect’s statements to police
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that prosecutors in Boulder County may use a murder suspect’s statements to police as evidence because officers did not need to give the defendant a Miranda warning prior to asking about all of the blood on him. Brandon Mason Bohler stands accused of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing…
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Colorado Supreme Court permits Boulder prosecutors to use murder suspect’s statements to police
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that prosecutors in Boulder County may use a murder suspect’s statements to police as evidence because officers did not need to give the defendant a Miranda warning prior to asking about all of the blood on him. Brandon Mason Bohler stands accused of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing…
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Colorado Supreme Court permits Boulder prosecutors to use murder suspect’s statements to police
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that prosecutors in Boulder County may use a murder suspect’s statements to police as evidence because officers did not need to give the defendant a Miranda warning prior to asking about all of the blood on him. Brandon Mason Bohler stands accused of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing…
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Colorado Supreme Court rebuffs inadequate challenge from DA’s office to trial judge’s order
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday refused to overturn a Fremont County judge’s order barring prosecutors from using a defendant’s statements at his trial, citing the district attorney’s office’s failure to address one of the key legal issues. The 6-1 decision marked the second time in two weeks the state’s highest court shot down an…
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Colorado Supreme Court to review safeguards against interrogations by child welfare workers
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will review two murder cases implicating a question the court has never answered: When a child welfare worker questions a suspect in custody, must they provide a Miranda warning first? At least three of the court’s seven members need to consent to hear a case on…