People v. Snodgrass

• Decision Date: 16 May 2022
• Docket Number: 22SC49
• Parties: The People of the State of Colorado, Petitioner v. Matt William Snodgrass. Respondent
• Court: Colorado Supreme Court

The People of the State of Colorado, Petitioner v. Matt William Snodgrass. Respondent

No. 22SC49

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc

May 16, 2022

Court of Appeals Case No. 18CA597

Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED.

JUSTICE HOOD and JUSTICE SAMOUR would grant as to the following issues:

Whether, in order to apply the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule of Davis v. United States, 564 U.S. 229 (2011) and section 16-3-308(1) and (2)(b), C.R.S. (2021), that applies when court precedents have been overruled, the precedent must be "binding" or incapable of being distinguished.

Whether the court of appeals erred by not applying the statutory and caselaw good faith exceptions to the exclusionary rule where law enforcement officers did not foresee that, two years after the search at issue, the passage of Amendment 64 would change this court's caselaw concerning the use of drug-detection dogs.

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