Legal Opinion
People v. Dandrea
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 26, 1987No. 86SA98PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRSHBAUM, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal, the People, pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, challenge an order of the El Paso County District Court suppressing certain evidence removed by law enforcement officers from the pocket of a coat worn by the defendant, Donald Joseph Dandrea, prior to transporting the defendant to an alcohol detoxification facility. The trial court concluded that the search was not authorized by the provisions of the Colorado Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act, §§ 25-1-301 to -316, 11 C.R.S. (1982 & 1986 Supp.) (the Act), and violated the defendant’s constitutional…
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