State v. Silvas

OPINION

ZAMORA, Judge.

Defendant appeals his convictions for trafficking by possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and for conspiracy to commit trafficking, the result of a surveillance of his residence during a drug investigation in Lordsburg, New Mexico. Defendant argues that evidence should have been suppressed because it was seized through a pretextual stop of a car in which his co-conspirator was a passenger, and through a warrantless search of his motel room. He also appeals the denial of a motion for a new trial and asserts that his conspiracy conviction should be reversed.…