Legal Opinion
People v. Padgett
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 24, 1997No. 96SA420PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hobbs
The People, pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1 and section 16-12-102(2), 8A C.R.S. (1996 Supp.), bring this interlocutory appeal challenging the order of the trial court suppressing evidence of a controlled substance, marihuana, found on the defendant.1 The trial court determined that the police officers did not have a reasonable and articulable basis in fact to make the investigatory stop, nor was there sufficient attenuation between the initial illegal stop and the discovery of the evidence. We agree and affirm the trial court’s suppression order.
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At approximately 1:50 a.m. on January 18, 1996, Police…
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