People v. Minor

In this interlocutory appeal under CAR. 4.1, we review a Denver District Court order suppressing evidence obtained from a police search of the defendant's belongings and statements the defendant made following discovery of that evidence. We find that the trial court erred in suppressing the evidence and subsequent statements because the defendant, who had the authority to do so, consented to the search and the search was properly conducted. We therefore reverse the trial court's order.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On the night of January 17, 2009, two officers from the Denver Police…