Legal Opinion

Outlaw v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided February 5, 2001No. 99SC662PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hobbs

In this Fourth Amendment seizure case, we granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in People v. Outlaw, 998 P.2d 20 (Colo.App.1999). 1 The trial court denied Marvin Outlaw's motion to suppress evidence, and a jury convicted him of one count of possession of a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), a class four felony, see § 18-18-405(2)(a)(I), 6 C.R.S. (2000), and several habitual criminal counts, see § 16-18-101(2), 6 C.R.S. (2000). The court of appeals determined that Outlaw had failed to meet his burden of showing by a preponderance of the evidence that the police…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Illinois v. WardlowSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Michigan v. ChesternutSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. United States v. Bonifacio De La Fuente, Ronald Albert Cardenas, George Sierra, Pat Vargas,augie D. Sierra, and Robert StewartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by41 opinions

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