Legal Opinion

State v. Reed

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided August 31, 1998No. 23929Published

1Opinion of the Court

964 P.2d 113 (1998)

125 N.M. 552

1998-NMSC-030

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

Prentice REED, Defendant-Petitioner.

No. 23929.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 31, 1998.

Dorothy C. Sanchez, Albuquerque, for Defendant-Petitioner.

Hon. Tom Udall, Attorney General, Max Shepherd, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Respondent.

OPINION

McKINNON, Justice.

{1} This case presents three questions: (1) whether a trace amount of cocaine detected in a cellophane cigarette wrapper carried in one's pocket proves knowledge that the substance was cocaine; (2) whether a law enforcement…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. State v. ApodacaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
  3. State v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Schlieter v. CarlosNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
  5. State v. WoodNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1994

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