Legal Opinion
State v. Leyba
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1997No. 16,854PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ARMIJO, Judge.
1. The State appeals from the trial court’s order granting Defendant’s motion to suppress drug evidence seized from an automobile. The sole issue on appeal is whether Defendant had standing to challenge the search of the automobile. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
2. In October 1993, the Santa Fe County Sheriffs Department received several tips that Defendant and two other individuals, Michael Lucero and Alex Trujillo, were selling heroin from a motel room in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In response to these tips, the Sheriffs Department conducted a surveillance operation at the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Minnesota v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- United States v. JeffersSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Mancusi v. DeForteSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- State v. CroccoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2014
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