PEOPLE v. DESCHAMP

No. 81SA496.

662 P.2d 171 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Titus Lee DESCHAMP, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Russel, Dist. Atty., David H. Zook, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Elizabeth A. Joyce, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for defendant-appellee.


ROVIRA, Justice.

The sole question for resolution in this case is whether the trial court properly dismissed a charge of possession of a controlled substance on the ground that prosecution was barred by section 18-1-408(2), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8). We affirm.

I.

On July 22, 1981, the defendant, Titus Deschamp, was arrested. In a search incident to the arrest the police found a lock-blade knife, eleven...

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