State v. Rowell

OPINION

SUTIN, Chief Judge.

{1} The State of New Mexico appeals the suppression of evidence in the prosecution of Defendant Richard Rowell, who was stopped for speeding in a school zone. The suppressed evidence consisted of marijuana in plain view seized from Defendant’s pocket while he sat in his vehicle, drug paraphernalia found in Defendant’s pocket after Defendant was out of the vehicle, and weapons later seized from Defendant’s vehicle. The district court held that the seizure of the marijuana was unlawful and that the seizures of the paraphernalia and weapons were also unlawful as fruits…