Stewart v. People

We here have under review the opinion in People v. Stewart, 38 Colo. App. 6, 553 P.2d 74. The petitioner had been arrested and money on his person was placed in custody. The trial court entered an order, the effect of which was that no money would be returned to the petitioner. The court of appeals affirmed. We affirm, but solely on the narrow ground that the petitioner did not and does not have standing to complain concerning the trial court’s ruling.

The petitioner was charged with forgery of checks in the amount of $460. At the time of his arrest he had in his possession the sum of…