People v. McKnight

JUSTICE HOOD delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 Inside defendant Kevin McKnight's truck, police officers discovered a pipe containing what later proved to be methamphetamine residue. That discovery culminated in McKnight's conviction for certain drug offenses. On appeal, he challenged the constitutionality of the search that revealed the pipe.

¶2 A division of the court of appeals reversed McKnight's convictions. People v. McKnight , 2017 COA 93, ¶ 25, --- P.3d ----. Each member of the division wrote separately, wrestling with what effect, if any, legalized marijuana in Colorado should have…