People v. Baez-Lopez

¶ 1 Pursuant to C.A.R. 21, we accept jurisdiction in this original proceeding to review the trial court’s order suppressing evidence from interceptions of oral and wire communications (“wiretaps”) in three cases involving *926an alleged conspiracy to distribute Schedule II controlled substances. The trial court suppressed the wiretap recordings on the basis that they had not been sealed in compliance with section 16-15-102(8)(a), C.R.S. (2013), and there was no satisfactory explanation for the absence of a satisfactory seal. We disagree. We hold that the trial court abused its discretion in…