People v. Thomas

This is the second time that this defendant has come before this court. In the first case, People v. Thomas, 839 P.2d 1174 (Colo.1992), we affirmed in part and reversed in part the trial court’s ruling as to the admissibility of evidence—drugs, drug paraphernalia and statements—resulting from defendant Kelly R. Thomas’ encounter with a police officer. Below we present an abbreviated version of the facts; a complete set of facts is set forth in the other case.

In the first appeal, we determined that the drug paraphernalia seized as a result of a pat-down search of Thomas’ body was properly…