Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided October 18, 1996No. 16554PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
1. Defendant appeals from his conviction for possession with intent to sell cocaine. He raises four issues on appeal: (1) there was insufficient justification for the police to take him to jail under the Detoxification Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 43-2-16 to 43-2-22 (Repl.Pamp.1993); (2) the police should not have forcibly removed his clothes and inventoried his belongings, leading to the discovery of the cocaine; (3) a mistrial should have been declared when a police officer commented on the results of other jury trials involving certain amounts of cocaine; and (4) there…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State Ex Rel. Schwartz v. KennedyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
- State v. CorneauNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1989
- State v. VialpandoNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by16 opinions
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