People v. Laurent

Opinion by

Judge TERRY.

Defendant, Jae Michael Laurent, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine, and of child abuse for manufacturing methamphetamine in the presence of a child.

Applying the supreme court's decision in People v. Hillman, 834 P.2d 1271 (Colo.1992), we consider and reject defendant's contention that he had a reasonable expectation of privacy in trash placed at curbside for collection. We further reject his constitutional challenge to the statute making it a erime to manufacture methamphetamine in the…