People v. McMillon

The petitioner and cross-respondent, the People of the State of Colorado, appeal from a decision by the court of appeals in People v. Jerico P. McMillan a/k/a Jerico Page McMillon, 870 P.2d 493 (Colo.App.1993), holding that the search of the purse of the respondent and cross-petitioner, Jerico Page McMillon (McMillon), was illegal and that the evidence seized from the purse should have been suppressed. We reverse and remand to the court of appeals to reinstate the judgment of conviction.

I

On March 24, 1992, Deputy John Hicks (Deputy Hicks) of the Jefferson County Sheriffs Department observed a…