People v. Edwards

The district attorney brought this interlocutory appeal pursuant to Colorado Ap pellate Rule 4.1, 1 to challenge the district court’s order granting the motions of defendants Simon Edwards (Edwards) and Keith Titsworth (Titsworth) to suppress evidence seized from Edwards’ automobile. We reverse.

I

On December 20, 1991, at approximately 12:15 a.m., Officer Payton Patterson of the Colorado Springs Police Department was dispatched to a burglary in progress. While en route, dispatch broadcast that two black males had broken into an apartment and had already departed from the apartment complex by…