People v. Mangum

This is an interlocutory appeal initiated by the district attorney on behalf of the People, challenging the correctness of rulings by the trial court sustaining motions to suppress (1) physical evidence and (2) statements and admissions of defendant Frey. We reverse.

Defendants Mangum and Frey are jointly charged with second-degree burglary (section 18-4-203, C.R.S. 1973), theft (section 18-4-401, C.R.S. 1973) and two counts of conspiracy (section 18-2-201, C.R.S. 1973).

The motion to suppress, in brief, was based upon the lack of probable cause to arrest or to search and seize the physical…