PEOPLE v. GOTHARD

No. 08SA40.

185 P.3d 180 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant. v. Yvonne Marie GOTHARD, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 9, 2008.


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.

Douglas K. Wilson, Colorado State Public Defender, Emily M. Fleischmann, Deputy State Public Defender, Brighton, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee.


Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The People bring this interlocutory appeal pursuant to C.A.R. 4.1, seeking review of the trial court's suppression of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia seized from the motel room of the defendant, Yvonne Marie Gothard. The trial court held that exigent circumstances authorized the police officer's entry into Gothard's motel room without a warrant. Further, the trial court found that the officer observed a baggie...

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