Legal Opinion

People v. Trusty

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 3, 1973No. 26142PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lee

This is an interlocutory appeal by the district attorney, seeking to reverse an order of the Jefferson County district court suppressing evidence seized during an inventory search of an automobile. We reverse.

The record reveals that Officer Shilaos of the Lakewood Department of Public Safety noticed Clarence Good standing next to a Pontiac in the parking lot of the Rally Lounge. Good was apparently pulling up his trousers and appeared to be intoxicated. Officer Shilaos, upon observing this condition, placed Good under arrest for public intoxication. He then looked inside the Pontiac and…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Cady v. DombrowskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Cooper v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. State v. JewellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. State v. RobinsonOhio Supreme Court · 1979
  4. People v. PearsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
  5. People v. CountermanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976

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