PEOPLE v. HANKIN

No. 24853.

498 P.2d 1116 (1972)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel HANKIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Aurel M. Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Harry L. Hellerstein, Aurora, for defendant-appellant.


HODGES, Justice.

Defendant Daniel Hankin was found guilty of possession of narcotic drugs. On appeal, he urges reversal on several grounds. We do not find any of them to be meritorious and therefore affirm.

United Airlines freight personnel in San Francisco became suspicious of a package shipped to the defendant from San Francisco. A freight supervisor opened the package and discovered what appeared to be marijuana. After reclosing the package, the freight...

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