Court Opinion

ID: 9782453
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 18:33:50.905092+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:34:59.961874
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Justice EID,
concurring in the judgment.
The People in this case frame their appeal in terms of challenging the district court's refusal to find the search to be justified by the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule. See United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 104 S.Ct. 3405, 82 L.Ed.2d 677 (1984). I would therefore address the appeal in terms of good faith. See generally People v. Altman, 960 P.2d 1164, 1172-78 (Colo.1998) (recognizing that the court, at its discretion, may address the good faith issue before considering whether the search was supported by probable cause). As the majority opinion demonstrates, maj. op. at 897-899, the affidavits in this case were not the sort of "bare bones" affidavits on which reliance would be unreasonable. See People v. Gutierrez, 222 P.3d 925, 941-44 (Colo.2009). Because the People have framed their appeal in terms of good faith, irrespective of whether there is actual probable cause, and because I would find that the officers relied upon the affidavits in good faith, I concur in the result reached by the majority.
I am authorized to say that JUSTICE RICE joins in this concurrence.