PEOPLE v. DRAPER

No. 27977.

586 P.2d 231 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna J. DRAPER, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nolan L. Brown, Dist. Atty., Susan R. Roberts, John R. Barksdale, Golden, for plaintiff-appellant.

Alperstein, Plaut & Snead, Arnold Alperstein, Lakewood, Ronald C. Forman, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


HODGES, Chief Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the district attorney seeking reversal of a district court order suppressing evidence. Defendant Draper, charged with first-degree murder and felony child abuse, filed a pretrial motion to suppress the physical evidence seized during a warrantless search of her home. The trial court granted the motion, finding that the search was not justified by exigent circumstances or by any other exception to the warrant...

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