Legal Opinion
State v. Hilliard
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 20, 1970No. 445PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Judge.
The residence of Sgt. Pitts was burglarized sometime between 7:50 P.M. and 9 :00 P.M. His color television set was taken. This set was recovered from the trunk of defendant’s car about 9:30 P.M. Defendant appeals his conviction of burglary, § 40A-16-3, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 6). The issue is the validity of the police officer’s action in stopping defendant’s car as it was being driven on a public street. We hold the “stop” was constitutionally permissible and affirm.
Defendant moved to suppress the television set as evidence, and sought to exclude its admission as evidence…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- State v. DeltenreNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. LewisNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
- State v. SedilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Palmore v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- State v. AndersonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1988
- State v. CobbsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. GalvanNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. CohenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
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