PEOPLE v. BANNISTER

No. 79SA556.

607 P.2d 987 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter Rodney BANNISTER, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Russel, Dist. Atty., Thomas A. Barnes, Deputy Dist. Atty., Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert M. Moyers, Colorado Springs, for defendant-appellee.


ERICKSON, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the prosecution from an order suppressing evidence seized from the defendant Peter Rodney Bannister's automobile. We affirm.

In the early morning hours of October 15, 1979, Officer Lopez of the Colorado Springs Police Department observed a 1967 Pontiac GTO automobile containing two occupants and proceeding at a high rate of speed. Before the officer could engage in pursuit, however, the vehicle disappeared...

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