PEOPLE v. STEPHENSON

No. 26024.

529 P.2d 1333 (1974)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morris E. STEPHENSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., Patricia W. Robb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colo. State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Mary G. Allen, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


GROVES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for possession of narcotic drugs in violation of C.R.S.1963, 48-5-2. The defendant alleges that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress and his motion to dismiss. We affirm.

On October 19, 1972, defendant Stephenson was arrested by a police officer who later testified at the suppression hearing that he observed the defendant walking toward him smoking...

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