Legal Opinion
People v. Delacruz
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided December 5, 2016No. Supreme Court Case 16SA163PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE MÁRQUEZ
delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶1 The People filed this interlocutory appeal under section 16-12-102(2), C.R.S. (2016), and C.A.R. 4.1, 1 seeking our review of a district court’s order suppressing a firearm that Denver Police seized from a car in which Randiray D. Delacruz was a passenger. We conclude that the firearm was discovered during a valid protective search of the vehicle in light of the circumstances confronting the officer at the time of the search. See Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 103 S.Ct. 3469,77 L.Ed.2d 1201 (1983). We therefore reverse the district…
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