PEOPLE v. PETERSON

No. 76-230.

576 P.2d 175 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald Howard PETERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division I.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1977.

Certiorari Denied March 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean E. Dubofsky, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., E. Ronald Beeks, Lynne M. Ford, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colorado State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Mary G. Allen, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellant.


SMITH, Judge.

Defendant, Ronald Howard Peterson, was convicted of the felony theft of a Volkswagen bus. He appeals on the basis that evidence leading to the conviction was obtained as a result of a bogus safety check, and also on grounds that the prosecution's nondisclosure of the existence of an informant justified a mistrial. We affirm.

On April 11, 1975, Summit County Sheriff's officers were informed by an unnamed individual of the likelihood that two stolen...

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