PEOPLE v. PAYNTER

No. 97SA409.

955 P.2d 68 (1998)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shawn Adrian PAYNTER, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Thomas, District Attorney, First Judicial District, Donna Skinner Reed, Chief Appellate District Attorney, Golden, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Kristi L. Sanders, Deputy State Public Defender, Golden, for Defendant-Appellee.


Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The People bring this interlocutory appeal to challenge a suppression order entered by the Jefferson County District Court (trial court). The order suppressed marijuana found during a search conducted as part of the county jail booking procedure. The trial court ruled that the marijuana was discovered as a direct result of an invalid investigatory stop that occurred the instant the police officer asked the defendant...

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