*1
Court,
exclusionary
rule
right
application
citi-
protect
fourth amendment
majority opinion ig-
of evidence
not
By
admission
is
called for.
denying
zens.
activity,
applies
it
it
police
for the rule and
through unlawful
nores the reason
obtained
officers
inappropriate
law enforcement
and
fashion.
was believed
in mechanistic
future violations
be
from
would
deterred
Indeed,
exclusionary rule
of the
use
the fourth amendment.
why
good-faith
case demonstrates
this
not
exclusionary rule has
I
applied.
rule should be
exception
the United States Su-
interpreted by
been
for law
a sounder basis
cannot
think of
all
preme
exclusion of
requiring
Court
than a
upon
to act
enforcement officers
Powell,
v.
illegally seized evidence. Stone
Supreme
of the United States
decision
3037,
465, 96
49 L.Ed.2d
428 U.S.
S.Ct.
evidence based
To exclude
Court.
been
(1976).
the rule
not
example,
For
because we later conclude
such reliance
re-
good-faith
act in
applied when
Consti-
there
a violation
the Colorado
is
upon a statute or ordinance that
liance
punish
law enforcement
tution is
subsequently held to be unconstitutional.
nei-
that warrants
prescience
lack
531,
Peltier,
422 U.S.
United States
effect,
censure.
ther criticism nor
2313,
(1975); Michigan
enforcement official took had Court Supreme United States pen registers,
addressed the issue of attor-
evidence obtained the district belief that
ney acting in reasonable the constitutional
conduct did violate rights of defendant. Colorado, State The PEOPLE exclusionary purpose deterrent Plaintiff-Appellant, engaged rule “assumes that the willful, very negligent, at the least HAMILTON, Boyd Vestle deprived conduct which Defendant-Appellee. Peltier, right.” of some United States 2313, 2318, 95 S.Ct. U.S. 83SA120. No. po- L.Ed.2d If deterrence of unlawful 374. Colorado, Supreme Court lice is the bedrock on which conduct En Banc. is, rests, rule believe exclusionary only suppressed then 'evidence should July where a law enforcement charged knowledge, properly in an knowledge, it was obtained me It is clear to
unconstitutional manner. officers act
that where law enforcement with, upon, in reliance
conformity Supreme
decision United States *2 Brown,
Nolan Atty., By- L. Dist. John E. ron, Deputy Sr. Dist. Alan Atty., C. Shaf- ner, Deputy Atty., Golden, Dist. plain- tiff-appellant. Vela,
David F. Colorado State Public De- fender, Fitch, Ann Deputy Sue State Public Defender, Denver, defendan1>appellee. KIRSHBAUM, Justice.
The People interlocutory have filed this appeal pursuant seeking 4.1 rever- C.A.R. sal of the trial suppressing court’s order items seized to defendant’s incident arrest. The order was on the based trial court’s executing conclusion an arrest war- Department rant Golden Police officers had City no arrest defendant County agree of Denver. While we authority, that the we officers had suppression reverse under the cir- order cumstances this case.
The pertinent
undisputed.
facts are
Dur-
19,1982,
ing
early evening
July
Gold-
en
Department
Police
officials were in-
formed by a Jefferson
resident that
sexually
the defendant had
assaulted her
earlier
A
day.
for defend-
ant’s arrest was
on
20.1
July
obtained
28, 1982,
July
At 9:00 a.m. on
an infor-
telephoned
mant
Golden
detective
reported
Lamb and
that defendant would
visit
First Interstate Bank
downtown
By
parties agree
order
the record has been
that the warrant was valid.
supplemented by
copy
of the warrant. The
(Del.
Buzines,
3 Harr.
morning.
Lamb
Lawson
Denver sometime
officer,
Commonwealth,
Foulke,
1842);
Ky.
Lt.
another Golden
York
Blust,
the bank and awaited
Butolph
went to
41 How.Pr.
immediately
(1884);
a.m. defend-
Copeland
arrival. At 10:49
(N.Y.Sup.Ct.1871);
Is
Lans. 84
bank,
time the two
at which
Bat.)
ant entered the
lay, 19 N.C.
Dev. &
certain
and seized
officers arrested him
(1881).2
“(1) Warrant.
Amend.
Const.
searches and seizures. U.S.
(I) By
Whom. The warrant
Const,
II,
IV;
art.
7.
any peace
executed
officer.
(II) Territorial Limits. The warrant
Here,
itself established
the warrant
within
executed
Colo-
Peo
defendant’s arrest.
probable cause for
rado.”
(Colo.1983).
ple
Gouker, 665 P.2d
were not
fresh
the Golden officers
A warrant
is a “written order issued
While
Denver,
they
to
entered
of record directed
judge
possibility that
commanding the
of
with the
peace officer
arrest
the were confronted
his visit
might complete
named or described
order.”
defendant
any officer arrived.
16-1-104(18),
(1978 Repl.
bank before
Denver
concerning
jurisdictions
The record is silent
for
“carefully
reasons
telephone
the failure
officers to
exigencies.”
two
defined
police monitored the conversations between Quinn’s concur- opinion special and Justice the suspect informant and the from near- illustrate, rence so well the of van. by The investigation continued over a a warrant officer to execute outside period five hour and culminated in the sus- his jurisdiction was not free from doubt pect’s by arrest the Denver at the officers disregard today. egregious until The suspect’s place of business in Adams Coun- which so statutory clear standard tainted ty. No warrant was obtained for that ar- People the in is sim- police conduct Wolf rest. ply totality here. same of not The Quinn’s Justice the the yielded dissent noted that section circumstances test that dis- 8) Repl.Vol. People lim- in Wolf that senters’ conclusion the of police constitutionally officers to arrest the arrest was unreason- today’s Wolf, supra, by 5. Prior to decision we have had offi- violations interpret statutory occasion to their §§ 16-3-102 and 16-3- cers limitations carefully pursuant the context of an arrest made will continue to be scruti- to a valid arrest warrant. As we indicated in nized. long an ar- the extraterritorial arrest as as II, Article able under warrant, Constitution, produces pursuant here rest issued name result, as holds. that officer opposite majority designates specifically Therefore, Justice Kirshbaum’s anywhere I concur in state. to execute it opinion majority. I. Justice, QUINN, concurring: specially 4(b) provides as follows: Jef- concur in the result. The specially “(1) The arrest warrant Warrant. Judge issuing the warrant County ferson judge issued a written order did not direct it to either specifically to any peace of a court of record directed Lamb Detective officer and shall: De- Foulke the Golden Police Lieutenant if (I) defendant’s name or State the partment, anywhere for execution unknown, description name or that is Instead, merely issuing judge state. with rea- by which he can be identified “[a]ny au- directed the warrant certainty; sonable within thorized law execute warrants (II) the defendant Command that I, therefore, agree the State of Colorado.” brought without unneces- arrested and majority Golden sary before the nearest available delay extraterritorial court; judge county or district in Denver. the defendant the of- (III) Identify the nature of signifi- case I view the facts of this fense; present in Peo- cantly different from those (IV) upon it Have endorsed Wolf,
ple (Colo.1981), 635 P.2d where bailable; amount bail if the offense is officers, knowing were boundaries of exceeding territorial county (V) signed by issuing Be authority, make an extensive proceeded to judge.” investigation defendant’s activities 4(c) warrant states “[t]he County day Adams and later in the arrested “may any peace officer” and be executed without a Adams within anywhere be executed Colorado.” Here, warrant pursuit. and not fresh contrast, is to plain meaning for the The of Crim.P. 4 a warrant had been issued arrest, judge issuing until deci- an arrest today’s permit designate by sion the name and to authorize to execute requests execute an arrest warrant officer who purpose had not been defini- in the state. all, tively bring arrest- is to resolved. conduct after ing officers, totality under circum- the court so that he defendant before case, already charges stances not so filed unreason- answer criminal *7 most pro- able as violate to filed him. In against to the constitutional about be scriptions against the warrant will be issuing unreasonable seizures cases court IV; person, charges Amend. will be U.S. Const. the same court which II, filed, and whose request Const. Art. Sec. 7. the officer at more warrant is issued will know much separately I write I because believe jurisdiction than officers from some other majority’s pur- construction of “fresh posed by is danger, any, about what if unduly per- suit" statute restricts what I of mak- likely prospects and the ceive to the clear be of the loca- ing particular an arrest at a effective to issue an arrest designating warrant tion. any- named to specifically recognizes, where As the the common majority in the state. I would not construe 16-3-106, particular section a court to direct Repl.Vol. law authorized C.R.S.1973 any- 8), prohibit by to execute a warrant peace making person officer from name jurisdiction where within the of the sued to execute it anywhere within the person and the so then named state of Colorado.2 Were the intent of the coextensive with that of the court with otherwise, rule it would have so stated.3 respect to the execution the warrant. 4, No such limitation is found in Crim.P. See, Weir, Rex 288, 107 1 Barn C.& I and would not read one into it. Chandler, Rex v. (1823); Eng.Rep. Ld.Raym. Eng.Rep. II. Case, Chorley’s 1 Salk. 91 Eng.Rep. 161 origin Section 16-3-106 (Second) Cf. Restatement of Torts law 1868. Colo.Terr.Laws R.S. (1965) (peace privileged officer not § XXII, ch. 236 at original 251. In its another under warrant unless the form the provided statute first that when is made territory within the within issued, an arrest warrant “it be the shall which the court issuing warrant has sheriff, duty any coroner or constable in arrest). order the come, whose hands any such warrant shall explicit makes long-recognized principle respective to execute same within their that courts retain the power to issue war counties,” proceeded and then to address rants and other writs in connection with the fresh issue pursuit as follows: matters they jurisdiction.1 over which have sheriff, any “When or therefore would hold that coroner con- per judge mits a stable ... be peace any nominate shall request whose the arrest is- offender, warrant having appre- warrant for the 13-1-115, C.R.S.1973, sheriff, coroner, ‘any 1. Section states that This would include con- power courts shall have “to all issue writs stable or the state Colora- necessary proper complete do, and to the county’ exercise or officer of or power by of the conferred on them the person consti- who is named in the and courts, tution and laws of this state.” District issuing justice authorized by constitution, general jurisdic- are courts of peace.” Symposium on the Colorado Rules VI, tion. Colo. Const. Art. Sec. Procedure, of Criminal Colo.L.Rev. courts, which constitution are courts of lim- jurisdiction, VI, ited Colo. Const. Art. Sec. powers are nonetheless vested with such “as 41(d)(5)®, example, expressly 3.Crim.P. re- constitutionally are inherent that, circumstances, created courts.” quires except special legislature C.R.S.1973. The search warrants must directed to granted county original courts concurrent by law to execute the “in authorized respect with district courts with county property wherein the is located.” the issuance of warrants. Section 13-6- special circumstances referred to in sub- 106(l)(b). statutory This constitutional and (d)(5)® section are set out in subsection scheme reinforces what I believe is the inherent (d)(5)(H): power of courts issue and warrants other “(II) Any judge issuing a search writs in connection with matters over which person the search of a for the search of jurisdiction. vehicle, aircraft, object motor or other capable being which is mobile trans- 4(b) (c), form, 2. Crim.P. their and ported may make an order April 1, became effective 1974. Crim.P. officer to be named such warrant to (Vol. 7B). C.R.S.1973 when the same, person execute the named in present version of section was enact- 16-3-106 any- such order execute such warrant ed, existing procedure the then rule of criminal coroners, sheriffs, where in the state. All stated that an arrest warrant “be executed police officers, and officers of the Colorado by any “may authorized law” Patrol, required, respec- State ... executed within Colorado.” counties, tive aid assist in the exe- 4(c)(1) (Vol. 1). cution of such warrant. The order authoriz- 4, however, Even under the former Crim.P. (5) may ed also authorize subsection intent was to authorize a officer named *8 by any execution the warrant officer au- anywhere in the warrant it to execute in the county original thorized law to it in the state. The comment to the rules procedure promulgated property wherein the criminal located.” in 1961 states respect (d)(5)(f) (d)(5)(H) as follows with the Both subsection and former version 4(c): statutory language track Crim.P. 41 the sec- 16-3-305(1) 4(c)(1) provides tion and “Rule for the execution Repl.Vol. 8). ‘by any person a warrant authorized law.’ 4 not offender, and the offend- the Colorado Constitution. of such hension adjoining only line into the with the constitutional er cross the is consistent sheriff, or constable comports coroner county, authority of this but also into the such offender may pursue ... of district and statutory authority with the arrest, the and make adjoining county writs and warrants courts to issue county the if had been found in such offender complete exer- proper and the “necessary pursuit.” the officer county them power conferred cise of the laws this state.” statute, and which has un- the constitution pursuit” This “fresh origi- amendments since C.R.S.1973.4 dergone several Section enactment, present in its nal was enacted however, that majority, I with the agree ch. form in 1972. Colo.Sess.Laws did not au- question the arrest warrant at The version of 39-3-106 the officers to effectuate thorize the Golden drops provision respect the the statute Denver; although defendant’s arrest to execute an duty of a the authority the was beyond the arrest author- warrant within territorial that the evidence agree I also ity, provision but retains suppressed have under should not been an in fresh pursue offender case. peculiar facts of this line of his boundary beyond ROVIRA, J., say I that am authorized arrest. in order to make an concurring opinion. joins in this specially me express 16-3-106 as an view section to a officer to statutory authorization fresh pur- arrest in
make an extraterritorial (1)
suit in two situations: the offender cause to believe probable
committed was com- a crime or crime (2) presence; and in the officer’s
mitted for the when the officer has warrant OF CITY AND COUNTY DENVER, Petitioner, or knows that offender’s arrest issued, has been but specifically designate itself does OF the INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION particular beyond officer to execute COLORADO, and Patricia STATE OF In con- authority. limits of his Wood, Respondents. I do majority, trast to the not believe legislature section 16-3-106 as a intended 82CA1007. No. of a court to limitation on the of Appeals, Court officer, particular designated by authorize III. Div. it any- to execute name in Reading such limita- where state. 19, 1983. May view, statute, my tion undercuts into 4, which was meaning of Crim.P. plain court’s rule- promulgated pursuant to this VI,
making power under Article
Lott,
suppression
ing
of the evidence
197 Colo.
the trial court’s
4. This court
arrest,
(1979), strongly implied
court stated:
incident
to the
this
seized
P.2d 945
ruled,
agree,
pursuant
we
“The district court
who obtains an arrest warrant
have
an arrest war
to make an ex-
was time to
obtained
does have
there
Den
arrest warrant so
rant or to have enlisted
assistance
traterritorial arrest when the
Ridge police
provides.
at
Lott Wheat
ver
before
[defendants]
and,
Ridge
p.m.”
burglary
