People in the Interest of Z.T.T

Citations

• 2017 CO 48
• 394 P.3d 700
• 2017 WL 2223931

Syllabus

Criminal Law—Evidence Suppression. This interlocutory appeal required the Supreme Court to determine whether a defendant's confession to an Army investigator during basic training was the product of coercion. The Court held that, where a defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his Miranda rights, knew he was free to leave an interview, and confessed to committing a crime during the course of a conversational, friendly interview devoid of coercive promises or threats, he gave his statements voluntarily. The Court therefore reversed the trial court's suppression order and remanded the case for proceedings consistent with this opinion.