Legal Opinion

People v. Brown

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided October 13, 2009No. 09SA100PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hobbs

The prosecution brought this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, seeking to reverse the trial court's ruling suppressing all evidence obtained as a result of a police seizure of the defendant, Kalum Brown, from a vehicle. The evidence includes a baggy of cocaine discovered in Brown's fecal material at the hospital by a nurse, where he was treated after being tased by police officers while obstructing their investigation at the scene of the vehicle stop.

Brown moved to suppress the evidence claiming that the police stopped the vehicle and himself without reasonable suspicion. He also…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Florida v. BostickSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Dempsey v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  5. People v. OatesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  4. People v. BarrusColorado Court of Appeals · 2010
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