Legal Opinion
People v. Paynter
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 16, 1998No. 97SA409PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice SCOTT delivered
the Opinion of the Court.
The People bring this interlocutory appeal to challenge a suppression order entered by the Jefferson County District Court (trial court). The order suppressed marijuana found during a search conducted as part of the county jail booking procedure. The trial court ruled that the marijuana was discovered as a direct result of an invalid investigatory stop that occurred the instant the police officer asked the defendant for his identification. However, that per se rule fashioned and applied by the trial court is erroneous. “[A] request for…
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