Legal Opinion

People v. Hankin

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided June 26, 1972No. 24853PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hodges

Defendant Daniel Hankin was found guilty of possession of narcotic drugs. On appeal, he urges reversal on several grounds. We do not find any of them to be meritorious and therefore affirm.

United Airlines freight personnel in San Francisco became suspicious of a package shipped to the defendant from San Francisco. A freight supervisor opened the package and discovered what appeared to be marijuana. After reclosing the package, the freight agent notified the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department and a deputy came to the freight terminal. He reopened the package and confirmed that it contained…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Walker v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1952
  3. Petty v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1968
  4. Falgout v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969
  5. Hinton v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. BennettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
  2. Evans v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
  3. People v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
  4. People v. HubbardSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
  5. People v. ChavezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1973

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