Legal Opinion
People v. Clements
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided June 27, 1983No. 83SA102PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVIRA, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, the People appeal an order of the Adams County District Court suppressing certain statements made by the defendant, Alan Clements, as well as a police officer’s identification of the defendant. We reverse.
On June 21, 1982, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Officer McLaughlin of the Federal Heights Police Department observed an automobile bearing a temporary license plate. McLaughlin testified at the suppression hearing that he stopped the vehicle because the plate was torn and unreadable. He stated that from the time he observed…
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