People v. Mendez

Opinion by

Judge JONES.

Defendant, Edgar Mendez, appeals a judgment entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of possession of a controlled substance/eocaine and possession of a controlled substanee/marihuana. We affirm.

As the police were investigating an unrelated complaint in a Denver motel at which defendant was staying, two officers detected the strong odor of burning marihuana emanating from the room defendant was renting. The manager of the motel was summoned and asked to admit the police to the room.

After first knocking on the door, the manager used his key to unlock the door of the…