PEOPLE v. AMATO

No. 27434.

562 P.2d 422 (1977)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mike AMATO, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Tooley, Dist. Atty., William R. Rapson, Chief App. Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lamm, Young & Reimer, Tom W. Lamm, Boulder, for defendant-appellee.


HODGES, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the People from a trial court ruling suppressing drugs and paraphernalia first observed by a fire department resuscitation unit responding to an emergency call. These items were pointed out to police officers who also had responded to the emergency call. The items were seized and were sought to be used in the prosecution of defendant Amato for unlawful possession of narcotics. After a hearing, the trial court found...

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