People v. Strauss

I. Introduction

At issue here is whether the trial court erred in suppressing evidence obtained from the defendant's five computers that were seized pursuant to a warrant issued in 2006 based on probable cause, because the police had previously seized the same computers pursuant to a warrant in 2004 and that earlier warrant included a ninety-day time limit for the police to complete their forensic analysis of the computers. The People bring this interlocutory appeal under section 16-12-102(2), C.R.S. (2007), and C.A.R. 4.1, requesting that we reverse the trial court's suppression order.

We hold…