The People of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Clovis Vigil, Defendant-Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed suppression of the defendant's statements and the cocaine seized from his pocket. It held that the defendant's statement at arrest was involuntary because it resulted from disproportionate physical force, that the cocaine was derivative of the unlawful arrest and coerced statement, and that the later statement remained involuntary because the earlier coercion had carried over. Justice COATS, dissenting, would have reversed suppression of both the cocaine and the later statements; Justice EID, joined by Justice RICE, would have affirmed suppression of the statements but reversed suppression of the cocaine.