Opinion ID: 2582929
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Heading: introduction

Text: In this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1 and section 16-12-102(2), C.R.S. (2009), the People seek reversal of a trial court ruling suppressing statements obtained during the custodial interrogation of defendant Chad Broder. The trial court ordered suppression after finding that Broder made an unambiguous response to a question of whether he wanted an attorney and that the subsequent questioning by the interrogating officer did not scrupulously honor Broder's request for counsel. Because we conclude that Broder's request for counsel was ambiguous, we hold that the interrogating officer's subsequent clarifying questions were permissible. Therefore, we reverse the trial court order suppressing Broder's statements.