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Colorado Supreme Court permits Boulder prosecutors to use murder suspect’s statements to police
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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
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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
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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 clears way for child abuse trial to proceed
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The Colorado Supreme Court last week dismissed an appeal in a child abuse case out of El Paso County, declining to address the defendant’s claim that prosecutors’ bad-faith delay required the charges to be thrown out under the state’s speedy-trial law. The court originally took interest in Khristina Phillips’ case earlier this year and ordered…
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Colorado Supreme Court to review safeguards against interrogations by child welfare workers
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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…
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Appeals court finds Broomfield police did not coerce confession over phone
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Colorado’s second-highest court determined last month that Broomfield police did not coerce a telephone confession out of a suspect by telling him a detective was “not going to look for you.” Within minutes of answering law enforcement’s call while he was in Mexico, Ricardo E. Munoz-Diaz admitted to killing Amalia Karolina Lopez-Leon in her home. He…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear Miranda rights appeal from Arapahoe County
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday announced it will hear a criminal appeal out of Arapahoe County that asks whether police failed to give a road rage suspect his Miranda warning, and if that failure requires a new trial. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to review a case. The justices…
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Denver police failed to provide Miranda warning to suspect, appeals court finds
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Colorado’s second-highest court agreed last week that a suspect was both in custody and subject to interrogation, meaning Denver police needed to provide a Miranda warning for his statements to be admissible at trial. However, the three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals simultaneously found Dalani D. Bland’s comments to police about a bar fight…
