People v. Sporleder

QUINN, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review an order of the Boulder District Court affirming the ruling of the Boulder County Court which suppressed evidence obtained by the use of a pen register. The district court reasoned that under Article II, Section 7 of the Colorado Constitution a telephone subscriber has a legitimate expectation that information relating to telephone numbers dialed on a home telephone will remain private and that in the. absence of exigent circumstances law enforcement officers must obtain a search warrant supported by probable cause prior to the installation of a…