The People of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Michael Edward Lynn, Defendant-Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed suppression of statements made after Michael Lynn asked, "When can I talk to a lawyer?" It held that the question was an unambiguous request for counsel, requiring police to stop questioning, and that the investigator's subsequent questioning exceeded any permissible clarification. Justice Coats, dissenting and joined by Justice Eid, would have interpreted the governing federal standard more narrowly and concluded that Lynn's timing-focused question was not unambiguous.