Legal Opinion

State v. Dillon

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided October 1, 1929No. 3333PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellant was convicted of the possession of intoxicating liquor for sale. The only error here urged is in the overruling of his motion to return to him and to suppress as evidence certain liquors which the sheriff had seized under a search warrant which the trial court found, and the Attorney General apparently concedes, to have been illegal.

[1] The overruling of the motion was based upon the trial court's understanding that this court, in State v. Hammond, No. 3010, had laid down the rule "that evidence, however obtained, whether legally or illegally, is admissible." The…

2Cited by17 opinions

  1. Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Wolf v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1947

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