PEOPLE v. SMILEY

Supreme Court Case No. 22SA350.

530 P.3d 639 (2023)

2023 CO 36

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thorvyn Bullcalf Evan SMILEY, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

June 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant: Brian S. Mason , District Attorney, Seventeenth Judicial District, Todd Bluth , Senior Deputy District Attorney, Brighton, Colorado.

Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee: Megan A. Ring , Public Defender, Kelly France Jones , Deputy Public Defender, Montana Fay , Deputy Public Defender, Stephen B. McCrohan , Deputy Public Defender, Brighton, Colorado.

JUSTICE HOOD delivered the Opinion of the Court, in which JUSTICE GABRIEL, JUSTICE HART, and JUSTICE BERKENKOTTER joined.


¶1 A man was found dead in Thornton, Colorado, and the police suspected homicide. Thornton detectives identified defendant, Thorvyn Bullcalf Evan Smiley, as the sole suspect and, after tracking him down in New Mexico, brought him to a police station there to collect certain samples from him pursuant...

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