Legal Opinion
People v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 17, 1989No. 87SA469PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MULLARKEY, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, the People challenge the trial court order suppressing a film canister containing cocaine and a statement made by the defendant, James Weldon Hughes (Hughes), at the time the police discovered the cocaine. We conclude that the trial court improperly restricted the permissible scope of the search under the search warrant and erroneously suppressed the cocaine and the defendant’s statement. We reverse and remand the case for further proceedings.
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On January 30, 1987, Detective Lewis Andrew (the detective) obtained a search…
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