PEOPLE v. HAMPTON

No. 28031.

587 P.2d 275 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles HAMPTON and Angelo Horatio Macias, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

November 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Russel, Dist. Atty., Jon C. Thomas, Deputy Dist. Atty., Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellant.

John A. Purvis, Acting Colo. State Public Defender, Michael J. Wood, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee Charles Hampton.

Montano & Encinas, Duane Montano, Vincent Franco, Denver, for defendant-appellee Angelo Horatio Macias.


ERICKSON, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal was taken by the prosecution after the trial court suppressed evidence obtained in the course of a search of a 1966 Ford Galaxy which was used in an attempted robbery. We reverse the ruling of the trial court and remand for further proceedings.

The same modi operandi were used in committing a series of restaurant robberies along the front range. In all of the robberies, the individuals wore gloves and knit...

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