Legal Opinion

People v. Arellano

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided June 18, 1990No. 89SA429PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Quinn

The People in this interlocutory appeal challenge the district court’s suppression of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and other items of evidence seized by police officers during a search pursuant to a warrant. In suppressing the evidence, the district court ruled that the affidavit supporting the search warrant failed to establish probable cause for the issuance of the warrant. We reverse the suppression ruling.

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The defendants, Ronald Arellano and Christina Herrera, are charged in the District Court of Pueblo County with the crimes of possession of more than one ounce but less than eight…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. People v. DaileySupreme Court of Colorado · 1982

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. PateSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  2. Bartley v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991
  3. People v. AbeytaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  4. People v. McCoySupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  5. People v. PaquinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991

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