Legal Opinion
People v. Clyne
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 6, 1975No. 26831PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kelley
This is an interlocutory appeal by the People from a trial court order suppressing evidence of marijuana seized during a search incident to an allegedly lawful arrest for hitchhiking. For the reasons hereinafter stated, we affirm.
On September 2, 1974, at approximately 4 p.m., Officer Frerkes of the Loveland Police Department observed the defendant hitchhiking in the City of Loveland. The defendant was holding a backpack. The Municipal Code of the City of Loveland had adopted by reference the Model Traffic Code for Colorado Municipalities, which prohibited hitchhiking.
Frerkes confronted the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by25 opinions
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