GRASSI v. PEOPLE

Supreme Court Case No. 11SC720.

320 P.3d 332 (2014)

2014 CO 12

Ronald Brett GRASSI, Petitioner v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas K. Wilson , State Public Defender, Ned R. Jaeckle , Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

John W. Suthers , Attorney General, Brock J. Swanson , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent.

En Banc


JUSTICE BOATRIGHT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 We granted certiorari to determine whether the police possessed probable cause pursuant to the fellow officer rule to draw blood from an unconscious driver following a motor vehicle accident, even though the officer who actually ordered the blood draws lacked independent probable cause.1 We hold that the fellow officer rule imputes...

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