exclusionary rule
-
Colorado Supreme Court says license plate corresponding to other vehicle is grounds for stopping driver
—
by
An Adams County deputy’s discovery that the license plates on a vehicle were registered to another car provided him the reasonable suspicion required to detain the driver, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. However, the justices stopped short of deeming the subsequent vehicle search constitutional, as the trial judge had not yet evaluated whether…
-
10th Circuit upholds Colorado Springs police’s gun search after second look at case
—
by
Two years after ruling that Colorado Springs police used an unconstitutional search warrant to recover illegally owned guns from a man’s property, the federal appeals court based in Denver has conceded the officers nonetheless acted in good faith. The decision means the key evidence of a crime – the guns themselves – did not need to be…
-
Colorado Supreme Court, 5-2, endorses use of illegally obtained evidence against convicted man
—
by
Even though police violated Ari Misha Liggett’s Miranda rights when they interrogated him, an Arapahoe County judge properly allowed prosecutors to use those statements against Liggett if he attempted to introduce evidence of his mental illness, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The 5-2 decision implicated the ability of mentally ill people to pursue…
