People v. Vigil

This is an interlocutory appeal for review of a trial court ruling granting defendants Joe Rudy Vigil and James Bravo’s motion to suppress as evidence quantities of narcotic drugs and associated implements seized during a search of Vigil’s residence.

The facts, briefly, are as follows: Officers of the Pueblo Colorado Police Department went to Unit #5 of the Ramona Motel for the admitted purpose of contacting the occupant, the defendant Vigil, who was a suspect in a matter involving a theft and attempted cashing of a check. The People admit that the officers did not have probable cause to…