People v. Santistevan
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
In this interlocutory proceeding under C.A.R. 4.1, the People appeal from an order of the Las Animas County District Court suppressing certain evidence against the defendant Richard Santistevan in a prosecution for third degree burglary.1 The evidence suppressed consisted of the results of a police officer’s examination of the defendant’s hands by means of an ultraviolet light. The district court ruled the ultraviolet light examination unconstitutional as a warrantless nonconsensual search not supported by exigent circumstances. We reverse.
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