Petersen v. People

We granted certiorari in the ease of People v. Carl J. Petersen, No. 93CA0570 (ColoApp.Jan. 25, 1996) (not selected for official publication), to review the court of appeals’ determination that a caretaker of a property had either actual or apparent authority to consent to a search of that property by law enforcement officers.1 We reverse.

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In August 1991, the El Paso County Sheriffs Department received a tip from a confidential informant that someone named Brian was growing large quantities of marijuana in a barn on rural property in Calhan, Colorado. Deputy Sheriff Scott Rosenbaum and Calhan…