PEOPLE v. WAITS

No. 27890.

580 P.2d 391 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jimmy Lee WAITS, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Tooley, Dist. Atty., Brooke Wunnicke, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lozow & Lozow, Jon P. Lozow, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


CARRIGAN, Justice.

The People brought this interlocutory appeal after the trial court suppressed certain stolen property and a pair of pliers discovered on the floor of the appellee's automobile and beneath its seat. We reverse the suppression ruling and remand for further proceedings.

At approximately 7:45 p. m. on February 11, 1977, Officers Mueller and Quinlan of the Denver Police Department were seated in their marked patrol car preparing reports and observing...

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