PEOPLE v. MORTON

No. 26733.

539 P.2d 1255 (1975)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steve G. MORTON and Galde D. Oswalt, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

August 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan L. Brown, Dist. Atty., T. W. Norman, Deputy Dist. Atty., Golden, for plaintiff-appellant.

James A. Littlepage, Gene F. Reardon, Denver, for defendant-appellee Morton.

Tallmadge, Tallmadge, Wallace & Hahn, Harvey P. Wallace, C. Thomas Bastien, Denver, for defendant-appellee Oswalt.


PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal brought by the Jefferson County District Attorney in which the People seek relief from an order of the Jefferson County District Court, suppressing certain tape recorded communications between the defendants and a private investigator, Antonio Tromp.

On March 4, 1974, Tromp, a licensed private investigator was contacted by defendant Oswalt for the purpose of obtaining Tromp's services in establishing...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases