PEOPLE v. NAJJAR

No. 99SA119.

984 P.2d 592 (1999)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Terry Karim NAJJAR, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Daniels, District Attorney, Twenty-first Judicial District, Vincent J. Felletter, Jr., Deputy District Attorney, Grand Junction, Colorado, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Griff, Larson, Laiche & Volkmann, Stephen L. Laiche, Grand Junction, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee.


Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this interlocutory appeal, the People challenge the trial court's suppression of evidence obtained by police during a drug interdiction operation. The trial court found that while defendant Terry Karim Najjar consented to a search of his "hip bag" for weapons or illegal substances, officers exceeded the scope of this consent by seizing an incriminating luggage claim ticket.

We conclude that officers lawfully...

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