Legal Opinion

People v. Martinez

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided February 7, 1983No. 82SA294PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ERICKSON, Justice.

This appeal was taken by the district attorney after the information charging Sonia E. Martinez with narcotics offenses was dismissed by the district court for failure of the prosecution to produce a confidential informant for an in camera hearing. We affirm the district court.

On January 11, 1982, Denver Detective Mario P. Luchetta signed an affidavit for the issuance of a search warrant for the premises located at 4825 West 11th Avenue in Denver. Detective Luchetta’s affidavit specifically provided:

“Your affiants informant contacted your affiant between the dates of 1-9-82, *261…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. Emslie Leander Moore, United States of America v. Floyd Moore, United States of America v. Pieter Cornelis PannekoekCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
  3. People v. DaileySupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  4. United States v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. People v. LangfordSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. RoySupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  2. Commonwealth v. BonasorteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. People v. VigilSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
  4. People v. WindenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  5. People v. NunezSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983

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