PEOPLE v. SEVERSON

No. 76-021.

561 P.2d 373 (1977)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George H. SEVERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division II.

March 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Robert C. Lehnert, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ball & Easley, P.C., Richard W. Ball, Loveland, for defendant-appellant.


Selected for Official Publication.

PIERCE, Judge.

Defendant, George Severson, appeals his conviction of possession of LSD with intent to dispense. We reverse.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying a defense motion to suppress the contents of a clear plastic bag which defendant discarded during the course of his arrest.

At the suppression hearing, the following facts surrounding defendant's arrest were elicited...

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