PEOPLE v. LITCHFIELD

No. 95SC331.

918 P.2d 1099 (1996)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. George R. LITCHFIELD and James L. Bracket, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Attorney General, Robert Mark Russel, First Assistant Attorney General, Robert M. Petrusak, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Enforcement Section, Denver, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

John J. Mitchel, Montrose, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner George T. Litchfield.

John Turner, Colorado Springs, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner James L. Bracket.


Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in People v. Litchfield, 902 P.2d 921 (Colo.App.1995), reversing the district court's denial of the defendants' motion to suppress evidence seized during a search of their rental car. The court of appeals held that the search was justified neither as a protective search...

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