People v. Greenwell

Opinion by

Judge METZGER.

Defendant, Charles Allen Greenwell, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of contraband in the first degree in violation of § 18-8-204.1, C.R.S. (Cum. Supp.1991). We affirm.

While defendant was a prisoner in the Territorial Correctional Facility serving a 20-year sentence for the murder of a police officer, a corrections officer discovered a small marijuana (marihuana) cigarette in defendant’s jacket pocket during a routine search following defendant’s work shift in the prison infirmary. Arguing that, because his…