People v. Lewis

In this interlocutory appeal brought pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1(a), the People urge us to overturn a trial court order suppressing the following: (1) evidence from a motel room as the fruits of several unconstitutional searches, (2) an out-of-court show-up identification by a witness as the fruits of an unconstitutional seizure, and (3) subsequent statements made by the defendant as the fruits of an unconstitutional arrest. Upon review of the trial court’s findings and the evidentiary record, we affirm the suppression order.

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On March 22, 1998, at approximately 3:45 a.m., Barbara Fleming and Julie…