PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 79SA318.

605 P.2d 46 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marcell JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Donald A. Brenner, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


ERICKSON, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal was taken by the prosecution. The district court suppressed physical evidence seized from an automobile driven by the defendant prior to his arrest, and also entered an order suppressing statements made by the defendant after his arrest. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

On November 29, 1978, at approximately three o'clock in the morning, Denver Police Officer Northern was...

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