Legal Opinion

State v. Vann Sutton

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided June 11, 1991No. 12396PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MINZNER, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for distribution of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, and the trial court’s refusal to suppress marijuana discovered in a garden plot. The officers who discovered the marijuana did not have a warrant to search the property, and defendant argues that the officers’ actions violated his constitutional rights. Following the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress, defendant pled guilty under a plea agreement which preserved his right to appeal. We affirm.

The officers received a tip that marijuana was being grown on a…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Oliver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. United States v. DunnSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. State v. GomezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
  2. State v. HodgeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
  3. State v. FisherSupreme Court of Kansas · 2007
  4. State v. GranvilleNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. State v. GranvilleNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2006

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