People v. Sutherland

The prosecution brought this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 3 and 4.1 to challenge an order entered by the El Paso County District Court. The district court suppressed a plastic vial containing crack cocaine discovered through a search of the person of the defendant, Caryn Sutherland (Sutherland), during an investigatory stop of a vehicle and the temporary detention of its occupants, and all inculpatory statements made by Sutherland to the police officers during the investigatory stop and during the custodial interrogation at the police station. Sutherland' is charged with unlawful…