Legal Opinion
State v. Aragon
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided February 3, 1976No. 2175PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Convicted of trafficking in heroin, defendant appeals. Section 54-11-20, N.M. S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 8, pt. 2, Supp.1975). There was substantial evidence to support the conviction. Because we remand for a new trial, we discuss four of the issues: (1) sufficiency of search warrant description; (2) scope of the search; (3) double jeopardy, and (4) coercive conduct by the trial court.
Sufficiency of the Search Warrant
Police officers searched defendant’s premises pursuant to a search warrant. Defendant moved to suppress certain evidence on the basis that the warrant did not…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- State v. JonesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by35 opinions
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