PEOPLE v. BENSON

No. 74-347.

544 P.2d 646 (1975)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas D. BENSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1975.

Certiorari Denied February 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Brooke Wunnicke, Chief App. Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, Mary G. Allen, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


Not Selected for Official Publication.

COYTE, Judge.

Defendant Thomas D. Benson was convicted under C.R.S.1963, 48-5-2 (now § 12-22-302, C.R.S.1973), of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. He brings this appeal alleging that it was error for the trial court to deny his motion to suppress certain packets of heroin removed from a black shaving case, since such evidence was the product of an unlawful search. We affirm.

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