Mickens v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frantz.

Mickens was convicted of possession of a narcotic drug and seeks reversal of judgment of conviction with directions to dismiss, or, in the alternative, that he be granted a new trial. A second count of the information had been withdrawn, and is of no importance in this review.

Officers went to a room in a Denver transient hotel and were admitted by Mickens, the sole occupant, who was then in his night clothes. They searched the room and found two hand-rolled cigarettes concealed under a rug near the bed. Finding these items, the officers required Mickens to dress…