PEOPLE v. MENDEZ

No. 95CA1543.

948 P.2d 105 (1997)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edgar MENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied and Modified January 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Timothy M. Tymkovich, Solicitor General, Laurie A. Booras, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Andrew C. Heher, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge JONES.

Defendant, Edgar Mendez, appeals a judgment entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of possession of a controlled substance/cocaine and possession of a controlled substance/marihuana. We affirm.

As the police were investigating an unrelated complaint in a Denver motel at which defendant was staying, two officers detected the strong odor of burning marihuana emanating from the room defendant was renting. The manager of the motel...

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