PEOPLE v. BENGSTON

No. 25066.

482 P.2d 989 (1971)

PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Boyd R. BENGSTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Wood, Dist. Atty., L. Duane Woodard, Deputy Dist. Atty., Fort Collins, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie Rogers, State Public Defender, Edwin L. Felter, Jr., Don L. Nelson, Deputy State Public Defenders, Fort Collins, for defendant-appellant.


DAY, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal of a trial court ruling denying defendant-appellant's motion to suppress as evidence quantities of marijuana recovered from his person. The appeal is frivolous and deserves little comment.

The defendant contends that the seizure of the cigarettes was illegal because his arrest was not based upon probable cause: We disagree. There is little doubt that the officers had probable cause to arrest the defendant and that...

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