People v. Johnson

ERICKSON, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal by the prosecution is an outgrowth of an earlier interlocutory review of a suppression order in People v. Johnson, Colo., 605 P.2d 46 (1980). Upon remand for proceedings consistent with our decision in People v. Johnson, the court suppressed a revolver and scarf seized incident to the arrest and in plain view. In granting the defendant’s motion to suppress, the trial court relied upon People v. Bannister, Colo., 607 P.2d 987 (1980), as *725authority, and noted the absence of exigent circumstances to support the search which was justified under the plain…