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PEOPLE v. MIRALDA

No. 97CA0707.

981 P.2d 676 (1999)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anibal MIRALDA, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Andrew C. Heher, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Douglas J. Friednash, Special Assistant Attorney General, Lara G. Delka, Special Assistant Attorney, Denver, Colorado, for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion by Judge CRISWELL.

Defendant, Anibal Miralda, appeals the judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of forgery and one count of possession of a forged instrument. We reverse. At the time of his arrest, defendant was a passenger in a truck which had been pulled over for speeding. While defendant waited in the passenger seat, a police officer approached the driver and asked, in English, for his driver's license, proof of registration...

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