Legal Opinion
People v. Hrapski
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 22, 1983No. 82SA421PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEIGHBORS, Justice.
The defendant was charged with first degree possession of contraband. 1 At the preliminary hearing, the district court found there was no probable cause to believe that the defendant committed a crime. The district attorney filed this appeal. We reverse and remand with directions.
The evidence offered by the People at the preliminary hearing established the following: Authorities from the Colorado Department of Corrections were told by an informant that inmates in Unit A-l of the Centennial Correction Facility had a zip gun in their possession. The informant also stated that…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- People v. RoybalSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
- Hunter v. District Ct. in & for Twentieth Jud. Dist.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1975
- People v. TreatSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
- People v. CornelisonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
- Pigford v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
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3Cited by14 opinions
- People v. HrapskiSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- People v. Chavez-BarraganSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016
- People v. Chavez-BarraganSupreme Court of Colorado · 2016
- People v. FisherSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Abbott v. County Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District in & for the County of GrandSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
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