PEOPLE v. FRATUS

No. 25907.

528 P.2d 392 (1974)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edmund A. FRATUS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., Gregory L. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Lee Belstock, Deputy State Public Defender, for defendant-appellant.


ERICKSON, Justice.

The defendant Fratus was charged and convicted of possession of more than one-half ounce of a narcotic drug, to-wit: marijuana. C.R.S. 1963, 48-5-2. The defendant asserts, as his primary ground for reversal, that the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to suppress. He alleges that probable cause did not exist for his arrest or to search his automobile, and that the police were required to...

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