Bartley v. People

The defendant, William Clifford Bartley, was convicted of the crimes of second degree burglary1 and theft2 as a result of a jury trial in the District Court for Dolores County. On appeal he contended that certain evidence received in his trial was obtained in violation of the prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures set forth in article II, section 7, of the Colorado *1031Constitution. Specifically, he argued that even though the evidence was discovered by a search conducted pursuant to a warrant, the affidavit for the warrant contained information obtained by a constitutionally…