People v. Shoen

Citations

• 2017 CO 65
• 395 P.3d 327
• 2017 WL 2533695

Syllabus

Fourth Amendment—Consensual Encounters. In this case, the Supreme Court considered whether defendant's encounter with police, during which he confessed to possessing a controlled substance, was consensual or whether it constituted an impermissible seizure under the Fourth Amendment. The Court concluded that under the totality of the circumstances, the encounter was consensual. Accordingly, the Court reversed the trial court's order suppressing evidence from the encounter, and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.