PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF S.J.

No. 89SA28.

778 P.2d 1384 (1989)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Appellant, In the Interest of S.J., a child, Appellee, and concerning R.G., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman S. Early, Jr., Dist. Atty., Nathan B. Coats, Chief Appellate Deputy Dist. Atty., and Joan C. White, Deputy Dist. Atty., Denver, for appellant.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, and Diana M. Richett, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for appellee S.J.

Appellee R.G. not appearing.


Justice ERICKSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an interlocutory appeal brought by the prosecution from an order suppressing evidence obtained by police officers in a search of a bag belonging to S.J., a juvenile,1 at Stapleton International Airport. C.A.R. 4.1.2 The trial court found that the police properly approached S.J. at the airport and that S.J. voluntarily consented to a search of her...

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