People v. Coulson

This interlocutory appeal was taken after the trial judge granted the defendants’ motion to suppress a sack containing 2.2 pounds of cocaine as evidence. We reverse the ruling of the trial court.

On September 4, 1975, the defendants and a special agent of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration met at a Holiday Inn. The meeting was arranged to consummate the sale of 2.2 pounds of cocaine for $28,000. The special agent met with the defendants Coulson and Row inside the Holiday Inn and “flashed” $28,000. Coulson then took the agent to a rental car in the parking lot which was occupied…