People v. Loggins

Opinion by

Judge ROTHENBERG.

Defendant, Byron Loggins, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of a controlled substance. We affirm.

During the evening of January 15, 1995, police officers responded to a report that gunshots had been fired and found defendant lying on a porch with a serious gunshot wound. An ambulance was called and defendant was taken to University Hospital in Denver.

Following the standard procedure for treating trauma victims, emergency room personnel removed defendant’s clothes and they observed a small piece of plastic…