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PEOPLE v. WELLS

No. 83SA391.

676 P.2d 698 (1984)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Linel WELLS, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Smith, Dist. Atty., Emil A. Rinaldi, Deputy Dist. Atty., Brighton, for plaintiff-appellant.

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Linda Hotes, Deputy State Public Defender, Brighton, for defendant-appellee.

QUINN, Justice.

The People pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1 appeal from a ruling of the district court suppressing the use of both physical and verbal evidence against the defendant, Linel Wells, in a pending criminal prosecution. The district court concluded that because there was no reasonable suspicion to stop the defendant, the evidence was the fruit of an unconstitutional seizure of the defendant's person. We reverse the suppression ruling.

The defendant, who was...

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