Legal Opinion
People v. Swietlicki
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 23, 2015No. Supreme Court Case 15SA129PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hood
[ 1 In this interlocutory appeal, the People challenge the trial court's order suppressing evidence obtained from defendant Swietlicki's laptop computer. Police seized the laptop without a warrant and held it until a search warrant issued, at which time they searched the laptop and found child pornography. Because the seizure was justified under the plain view exception to the warrant requirement, we reverse the suppression order.
I. Facts and Procedural History
12 In January 2014, Detective Weaver of the Douglas County Sheriffs Office ("DCSO") responded to a middle school's report regarding…
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