Legal Opinion
State v. Gonzales
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided December 21, 1998No. 18818PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARTZ, Chief Judge.
{1} The State appeals the district court’s order suppressing drugs discovered during a consensual search of Defendants’ vehicle. Officers had stopped the vehicle on the basis of an informant’s tip. The district court ruled that the informant’s tip did not create the reasonable suspicion necessary to justify the stop. We disagree and reverse.
{2} The only evidence concerning the tip was testimony by the officer who claimed to have received the tip. That testimony, if believed, required a finding of reasonable suspicion. Although the district court was not required to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Alabama v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by31 opinions
- State v. Jason L.New Mexico Supreme Court · 2000
- State v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1998
- State v. BacaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2004
- State v. ZamoraNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2005
- State v. RyanNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2006
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