Legal Opinion

People v. Chavez-Barragan

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 26, 2016No. Supreme Court Case 16SA133PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hood

1 This is the second of two interlocutory appeals in this case. Both resulted from orders of the Morgan County District Court suppressing methamphetamine found in the defendant's truck and the defendant's incriminating statements to police after they discovered the drugs.

12 In the first appeal, we reversed the trial court's order suppressing this evidence because we concluded that police lawfully stopped the defendant, Amadeo Chavez-Bar-ragan, for failure to drive within a single lane {commonly known as weaving). Because the trial court had not ruled on other issues raised in the suppression…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Ornelas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  4. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. People v. HydeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2017
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  3. v. Dominguez-CastorColorado Court of Appeals · 2020
  4. People v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 2017
  5. People v. BerdahlSupreme Court of Colorado · 2019

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