Legal Opinion

People v. Brown

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided May 13, 2010No. 08CA2010PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge CONNELLY.

Defendant, Christopher A. Brown, was convicted after a jury trial of illegally possessing drugs and drug paraphernalia while in possession of a deadly weapon. Defendant's most significant appellate challenge is to the search of the trailer residence of his parolee brother. We hold that defendant-who himself was on the run from authorities and who knew he lacked the requisite permission to live with his parolee brother-had no reasonable expectation of privacy in this trailer. Accordingly, we reject defendant's Fourth Amendment challenge to the search and (after…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re MirandaSupreme Court of Colorado · 2012
  2. People v. GravinaColorado Court of Appeals · 2013

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