PEOPLE v. HINES

No. 27953.

575 P.2d 414 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward William HINES, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., David W. Robbins, Deputy Atty. Gen., Edward G. Donovan, Sol. Gen., Denver, Stuart A. Van-Meveren, Dist. Atty., Donald E. Johnson, Jr., Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Francis H. Oldham, Deputy Dist. Atty., Fort Collins, for plaintiff-appellant.

Rollie R. Rogers, Colo. State Public Defender, James F. Dumas, Jr., Chief Deputy Public Defender, Denver, David F. Vela, Deputy State Public Defender, Fort Collins, for defendant-appellee.


CARRIGAN, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal challenges the district court's order suppressing certain evidence and statements. We affirm.

On the evening of April 12, 1977, Fort Collins police officers were dispatched to investigate complaints of a "commotion" at an apartment complex parking lot. The complainant directed the officers to a "suspicious vehicle" in the parking lot. When one of the officers approached the car and shined a light into its front...

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