Legal Opinion
People v. Meredith
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 31, 1988No. 88SA44PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Justice.
This is an interlocutory appeal by the prosecution pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1 from the trial court’s order granting defendant’s motion to suppress. The trial court held that a revolver and other evidence seized from an automobile driven by defendant Steven J. Meredith were the fruit of an illegal arrest. We reverse and remand with directions.
On April 17, 1987, police officers observed that the brake lights on a blue hatchback automobile traveling on Colfax Avenue were not working. The officers followed the vehicle for a short distance and then ordered the driver to stop. One…
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