Explore 24 plain view doctrine court cases in Colorado. AI-powered summaries, key holdings, and legal analysis.
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Under Automobile Exception
David Frazier v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on December 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial court'...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Informant Tip
Jaden Lee Saenz v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on December 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial cour...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Informant Tip
Corey Neil Kolacny v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on December 15, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial c...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
Michael Christopher Lopez v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on December 15, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the ...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Consent
Racaun Shavod Coleman v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on December 8, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial ...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Under Automobile Exception
Thomas J. Howell v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on November 24, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial cou...
Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Felony Menacing Conviction After Prior Felony Impeachment
Phillip Dean Wagoner v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on November 10, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court reviewed a defendan...
Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Conviction Despite Defective Warrant
Samuel McConnell v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on November 10, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed a lower court'...
Colorado Supreme Court clarifies "plain view" doctrine post-Arizona v. Hicks
Mikyl Kristen Lopez v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on November 3, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the Colorado Supreme C...
Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Suppression of Evidence Under Plain View Doctrine
Sandra Chavez v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on October 20, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns whether the Colorado Supreme Court...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
Sean Ball v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on October 20, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's den...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
Tony Dean Stockdale v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on October 20, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial c...
Consent to Vehicle Search Validated by Colorado Supreme Court
Denise Janine Cirrone v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on October 13, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial ...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
Matthew Tod Colter v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on October 13, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial cou...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
Elizaveta S. Andersen v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on October 7, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial ...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Confession Admissibility
Eric Knoll v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on October 7, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decis...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Under Automobile Exception
Jasim Mohammed Hassi Ramadon v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on October 7, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the...
Colorado Supreme Court: Warrantless vehicle search lacked probable cause
Andrew Terpening v. The People of the State of Colorado., decided by Colorado Supreme Court on September 29, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial co...
Colorado Supreme Court Reverses Vehicular Homicide Conviction Over Prejudicial Evidence
David Donis v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on September 29, 2025, resulted in a reversed outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court reviewed a defendant's convictio...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search
Marquis Dantre Hazard v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on September 15, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court considered whethe...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
The People of the State of Colorado v. Tommy Rae Mickey, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on September 8, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court reviewed the admissibil...
Colorado Supreme Court: Intoxication Doesn't Automatically Invalidate Confession
Yeomans v. People, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on September 8, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court considered whether a defendant's confession, made after being...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search
Brian Keith Walker v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on September 8, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court considered whether th...
Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Under Automobile Exception
Lisa Ann Woodward v. The People of the State of Colorado, decided by Colorado Supreme Court on September 8, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the trial cou...
CaseLawBrief currently tracks 24 plain view doctrine cases from courts in Colorado. New cases are added as opinions are published.
Courts deciding plain view doctrine cases in Colorado include: colo (24 cases).
Outcome breakdown: Defendant Win: 23, Reversed: 1.