Legal Opinion
People v. Marquez
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 3, 2008No. 08SA186PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hobbs
The prosecution brought this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, challenging the trial court's suppression of a handgun the police discovered when searching a vehicle in which the defendant, David Lee Marquez, was a passenger. The police stopped the vehicle on reasonable suspicion of exceeding the speed limit. The police arrested the driver on an outstanding warrant and searched the vehicle, discovering the gun in the back seat Marquez had been occupying.
In this prosecution against Marquez for possession of a weapon by a previous offender, the trial court suppressed the gun as the…
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- People v. in the Interest of H.J.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1997
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