People v. Hines

This interlocutory appeal challenges the district court’s order suppressing certain evidence and statements. We affirm.

On the evening of April 12, 1977, Fort Collins police officers were dispatched to investigate complaints of a “commotion” at an apartment complex parking lot. The complainant directed the officers to a “suspicious vehicle” in the parking lot. When one of the officers approached the car and shined a light into its front window, he saw the appellee and a juvenile girl making motions as if stuffing something under the front seat. When the car’s windows were lowered, the officer…