Legal Opinion
People v. Brown
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 16, 2018No. 16SC922, PeoplePublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE COATS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 The People petitioned for review of the court of appeals' judgment reversing Brown's drug-related conviction on the ground that his motion to suppress should have been *817 granted. See People v. Brown , 2016 COA 150 , --- P.3d ----. The district court found that the contraband in question was discovered during an inventory search of the defendant's vehicle, the conduct of which was within the officers' discretion according to the policies and procedures of the Aurora Police Department, even though they had already decided to issue a summons…
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