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JAN 6, 2023
gazette.com
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The interview brought into question by Kallungi’s defense attorney Austin Vos was from June 2021, just after Kallungi’s arrest in New Mexico, where Lee spoke with Kallungi.
The interview with Kallungi, according to Lee, was an attempt to get him to reveal where he hid Jepsy Kallungi’s body after allegedly killing her. Lee said that during this 2021 conversation Dane Kallungi was very forthcoming and “genuinely wanted to help,” even going as far as using Lee’s computer to look at different locations in Teller County.
Vos argued that the interview in question should be suppressed from Dane Kallungi’s impending trial because he had not been properly Mirandized before speaking with Lee, and that Lee used intimidation factors by saying things like “this will be in the news tomorrow” to get his client to speak.
The prosecution, however, argued that Lee had Mirandized Kallungi before the interview, and even gave him the option to call an attorney instead of speaking with Lee.
Despite saying she “appreciated” the arguments made by Dane Kallungi’s defense, Judge Jessica Curtis ruled in favor of the prosecution determining there was no bad conduct on the part of Lee, and that the June 2021 interview with Kallungi will not be suppressed at trial.
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Judge Curtis also reviewed a second motion filed by the defense over the legality of some search warrants, but she will not give a ruling on the subject until a hearing scheduled Jan. 13.
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Police interview can be used in trial of Colorado Springs man accused of killing wife, judge says
An El Paso County judge listened to prosecution’s testimony and evidence Friday in the case of Dane Kallungi, the man accused of killing his wife in 2019, to allow for
The interview brought into question by Kallungi’s defense attorney Austin Vos was from June 2021, just after Kallungi’s arrest in New Mexico, where Lee spoke with Kallungi.
The interview with Kallungi, according to Lee, was an attempt to get him to reveal where he hid Jepsy Kallungi’s body after allegedly killing her. Lee said that during this 2021 conversation Dane Kallungi was very forthcoming and “genuinely wanted to help,” even going as far as using Lee’s computer to look at different locations in Teller County.
Vos argued that the interview in question should be suppressed from Dane Kallungi’s impending trial because he had not been properly Mirandized before speaking with Lee, and that Lee used intimidation factors by saying things like “this will be in the news tomorrow” to get his client to speak.
The prosecution, however, argued that Lee had Mirandized Kallungi before the interview, and even gave him the option to call an attorney instead of speaking with Lee.
Despite saying she “appreciated” the arguments made by Dane Kallungi’s defense, Judge Jessica Curtis ruled in favor of the prosecution determining there was no bad conduct on the part of Lee, and that the June 2021 interview with Kallungi will not be suppressed at trial.
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Judge Curtis also reviewed a second motion filed by the defense over the legality of some search warrants, but she will not give a ruling on the subject until a hearing scheduled Jan. 13.
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