Legal Opinion
State v. Powell
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 6, 1983No. 5843PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Judge.
This appeal involves the “plain view” doctrine of the law of search and seizure. The trial court suppressed marijuana recovered from inside the cab of a pickup truck, and cocaine which the driver attempted to throw away, on the basis that the officer was not lawfully in a position to see the marijuana. We reverse, discussing: (1) the facts; and (2) “plain view”.
Facts
Around 10:00 p.m. a deputy sheriff observed a pickup truck weaving ahead of him. The weaving was described as crossing the center line of the pavement and then going almost off the pavement on the right side of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State v. LunaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. BloomNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. GalvanNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. BoltonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1990
- State v. WilliamsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. SergienkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- State v. LopezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1989
- State v. CalvilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1990
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