Tag: Miranda Rights
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Divided Colorado Supreme Court finds Denver detective did not violate defendant’s Miranda rights
The Colorado Supreme Court determined on Monday that a Denver detective did not improperly resume questioning of a defendant in custody after he invoked his right to counsel. By 4-3, the justices reversed a trial judge’s order that found a violation of Dakotah J. Lulei’s Miranda rights. The Supreme Court’s majority based its decision on…
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Split appeals court rules Aurora police needed to give Miranda warning to road rage suspect
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s second-highest court has reversed a man’s assault convictions in Arapahoe County because police failed to provide a Miranda warning at the point when their interrogation effectively placed the defendant in custody. A panel of the Court of Appeals decided, by 2-1, that while Aurora…