PEOPLE v. BACA

No. 79SA74.

600 P.2d 770 (1979)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Orlando BACA, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

J. Gregory Walta, Colo. State Public Defender, Craig L. Truman, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, John M. Richilano, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


ROVIRA, Justice.

The People bring this interlocutory appeal, pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1(a), of an order by the Denver District Court granting the defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized incident to a warrantless arrest. We reverse.

Shortly before 12:45 a. m. on August 11, 1978, a Mr. Blakely reported that he saw two Spanish-American males hurriedly leave the apartment complex next to his in the 600 block of Wolff Street. At approximately 12:45 a. m., the...

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