Legal Opinion

People v. Muniz

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided July 16, 1979No. 79SA184PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson

The district attorney prosecuted this interlocutory appeal from an adverse ruling of the district court on a motion to suppress evidence seized in a search of a shed at defendant’s residence. The sole issue before us is whether the affidavit and search warrant described the place to be searched with sufficient specificity to meet Fourth Amendment standards. The district judge suppressed the sawed-off shotgun which was seized when the warrant was executed. We reverse.

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The defendant, Ruben Joe Muniz was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery, section 18-4-302, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. People v. BrethauerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1971
  4. United States v. Otto Lewis MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  5. State v. StarkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. People v. RandolphSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  2. State v. BasurtoCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1991
  3. Taylor v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2000
  4. State v. SanchezArizona Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Long v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2003

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