PEOPLE v. DUMAS

No. 97SA400.

955 P.2d 60 (1998)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sylvia Joy DUMAS, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Peters, District Attorney, Eighteenth Judicial District, John Topolnicki, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Englewood, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David F. Vela, State Public Defender, Elizabeth Texel Turner, Deputy State Public Defender, Englewood, for Defendant-Appellee.


Chief Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this interlocutory appeal, the People challenge a suppression order of the Arapahoe County District Court (trial court). The trial court found that Sylvia Joy Dumas (defendant) consented to a search of her motel room for drugs, contraband, and weapons. However, the trial court concluded that the search of a checkbook, which produced other incriminating evidence,...

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