People v. Ortega

This case was originally before us in People, v. Ortega, 173 Colo. 564, 481 P.2d 727. It was remanded to the trial court for another evidentiary hearing so that we might have the benefit of the trial court’s findings.

The evidence sought to be suppressed consisted of heroin, marijuana and LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). After a full evidentiary hearing, the trial court denied the suppression motion.

The trial court made extensive findings of fact, among which were the following: that the police had received a tip from a previously reliable informant that Ortega was hiding narcotics in a…