People v. Paynter

Decided 1998-03-16

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Justice SCOTT delivered the Opinion of the Court. The People bring this interlocutory appeal to challenge a suppression order entered by the Jefferson County District Court (trial court). The order suppressed marijuana found during a search conducted as part of the county jail booking procedure. The trial court ruled that the marijuana was discovered as a direct result of an invalid investigatory stop that occu…

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