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PEOPLE v. VARRIEUR

No. 88SA400.

771 P.2d 895 (1989)

PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Barnum Lee VARRIEUR, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Dist. Atty., Stephen L. Laiche, John J. Fuerst, III, Deputy Dist. Attys., Grand Junction, for plaintiff-appellant.

Justin Dean Kirk, Grand Junction, for defendant-appellee.

VOLLACK, Justice.

The Mesa County District Court suppressed evidence of heroin seized from the pocket of Barnum Lee Varrieur (Varrieur or defendant)1 pursuant to a search warrant. The district court concluded that the search warrant was not supported by probable cause because the information provided by a confidential informant was not supported by independent evidence corroborating the informant's statements. The prosecution through interlocutory...

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