PEOPLE v. MADSON

No. 28335.

586 P.2d 1338 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alfred MADSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephan A. Tisdel, Dist. Atty., La Junta, for plaintiff-appellant.

Alpert & Teichman, J. Bruce Teichman, Fort Morgan, Sheldon Emeson, Lamar, for defendant-appellee.


LEE, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal brought by the People, seeking the reversal of an order of the Otero County District Court granting defendant's motion to suppress a blood-stained shoe. We reverse.

On December 26, 1977, a murder victim, shot in the left side of the head, was found in the passenger seat of her automobile. Shortly after the discovery of the body, the police went to defendant's apartment. The defendant signed a consent form allowing...

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