People v. Sanders

This is an interlocutory appeal by the prosecution pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1. The prosecution seeks reversal of an order suppressing evidence seized from a trader home shared by the defendant and a woman with whom he lived. The district court held that law enforcement officers must obtain either a search warrant or the consent of the person arrested at the premises they seek to search even though they have previously obtained consent to search from that person’s co-occupant. We reverse the suppression order and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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On December 24,1994, the…