State v. Pool
New Mexico Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LOPEZ, Judge.
The defendant appeals his conviction of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana contrary to § 30-31-23, N.M.S.A. 1978 (1980 Repl.Pamph). We affirm.
The sole and decisive issue for our decision is suppression of the evidence.
FACTS
About midnight on October 4, 1981, Officer Nolen was contacted by the owner/manager of a Eunice hotel and requested to arrest and remove a trespasser. The manager accompanied Nolen. They went to two rooms. There was no answer at the first. When the manager knocked on the second door, defendant opened it, saw it was a police officer and closed…
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