PEOPLE v. WHISLER

No. 85SA445.

724 P.2d 648 (1986)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steven Albert WHISLER, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

August 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Larson, Dist. Atty., Canon City, Steven B. Rich, Deputy Dist. Atty., Fairplay, for plaintiff-appellant.

Vaughn L. McClain, Canon City, for defendant-appellee.


ERICKSON, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1 from a district court order granting the defendant's motion to suppress a sawed-off shotgun taken from Janice Anderson's suitcase in an apartment she shared with the defendant. The prosecution asserts that the defendant, Steven Whisler, lacks standing to contest the seizure of the shotgun. We agree and accordingly reverse the suppression order and remand for further proceedings consistent with...

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