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PEOPLE v. PATE

No. 84SA492.

705 P.2d 519 (1985)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kerry L. PATE, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart A. VanMeveren, Dist. Atty., Randall R. Meyers, Deputy Dist. Atty., Fort Collins, for plaintiff-appellant.

Frey, Lach, Collins & Michaels, P.C., John P. Frey, Fort Collins, for defendant-appellee.

ROVIRA, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, the People, pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, challenge a ruling of the Larimer County District Court granting the defendant's motion to suppress. Finding that the police lacked probable cause to arrest the defendant, the trial court suppressed the cocaine seized from her purse as well any statements made by her as the fruits of her illegal arrest. We reverse.

I.

The evidence elicited at the suppression hearing...

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