PEOPLE v. CASTANEDA

No. 10SA255.

249 P.3d 1119 (2011)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Christina Maria CASTANEDA, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 7, 2011.


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.

William P. Buckley , The Law Firm of Leonard M. Chesler, P.C., Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee.


Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Christina Maria Castaneda was charged with possession of a schedule II substance found during a search of her vehicle following her arrest for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. When Castaneda was contacted on the side of Interstate 25, she reported to the State Trooper that she had not driven the car involved in the accident. Instead, Castaneda claimed that a six-foot tall woman named...

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