Legal Opinion

People v. Bertine

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 30, 1985No. 84SA331PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ERICKSON, Justice.

The district attorney filed this interlocutory appeal after the district court granted a defense motion to suppress evidence seized from the defendant’s backpack during an automobile inventory search. We affirm.

I

At approximately 12:50 a.m. on February 10, 1984, Officer Julius Toporek (Toporek) of the Boulder Police Department observed the defendant’s older model panel truck traveling at a high rate of speed. Toporek followed the vehicle and saw the defendant change lanes several times without signal-ling. By following the defendant’s vehicle and maintaining a constant…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. New York v. BeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Colorado v. BertineSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. People v. InmanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
  3. Hill v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
  4. People v. ParksColorado Court of Appeals · 2015
  5. People v. GuthrieSupreme Court of Colorado · 2012

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