PEOPLE v. PILKINGTON

No. 06SA327.

156 P.3d 477 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Stephen P. PILKINGTON, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Quick, District Attorney, Seventeenth Judicial District, Michael J. Milne, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Brighton, Colorado, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Scheitler & Elio, P.C., Frank I. Scheitler, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee.


Justice EID delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Defendant Stephen P. Pilkington is charged with two felony counts of arson. At a pretrial hearing, the trial court ordered the suppression of evidence collected by an insurance investigator at the crime scene after determining that the investigator was acting as an agent of the government. We conclude otherwise and reverse the suppression order.

I.

Pilkington was the owner of City View Liquors in Thornton...

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