People v. Savedra

This is an interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1. The People challenge a trial court order suppressing cocaine obtained during a search of defendant Barney Save-dra’s truck. The search took place shortly after Savedra had been arrested. The trial court determined that the passenger compartment of the truck was not within Save-dra’s immediate control at the time of the arrest, and therefore, suppressed the cocaine. We hold that, because Savedra had exited the truck immediately prior to contact with the police officer and indirect police contact had occurred before Savedra left the truck,…