PEOPLE v. MASCARENAS

No. 97CA0922.

972 P.2d 717 (1998)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph MASCARENAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1998.

Certiorari Denied March 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Christine Cates Brady, Special Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Katherine Brien, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.


Opinion by Judge VOGT.

Defendant, Joseph Mascarenas, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of cocaine. We affirm.

Police were dispatched to the home defendant shared with his girlfriend after the girlfriend's daughter reported a domestic dispute. During a search of the house, officers discovered defendant in the basement. While they were frisking him for weapons, two packets of cocaine fell out of his...

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