PEOPLE v. HINCHMAN

Nos. C-1409, C-1414.

589 P.2d 917 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioners, v. Joseph Edwin HINCHMAN, Respondent. Joseph Edwin HINCHMAN, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., James S. Russell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for the People.

Joe Clarence Medina, Charles F. Murray, Denver, for Joseph Edwin Hinchman.


GROVES, Justice.

The defendant and the People separately requested certiorari from the Colorado Court of Appeals' opinion in People v. Hinchman, Colo.App., 574 P.2d 866. We granted both petitions and consolidated the matters. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The defendant, Joseph Hinchman, was convicted of first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson. At trial, the district court denied his motion to suppress...

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