JOHNSON v. PEOPLE

No. 23212.

465 P.2d 128 (1970)

Earlie JOHNSON, Plaintiff in Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Sherman, William J. Chisholm, Public Defenders, City and County of Denver, Harry L. Hellerstein, Asst. Public Defender, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Paul D. Rubner, Eugene Cavaliere, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendant in error.


McWILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

Earlie (Bowtie) Johnson, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of the crime of unlawful possession of marijuana. The defendant now seeks a reversal of this conviction, and contends as ground therefor that the matchbox containing marijuana introduced into evidence at the trial was obtained by the police as a result of an unlawful search and seizure. We do not agree and accordingly affirm the judgment.

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