Legal Opinion

Incorporated County of Los Alamos v. Johnson

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided June 27, 1989No. 18298PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SCARBOROUGH, Justice.

Sometime after midnight on July 18, 1986, a uniformed officer of the Los Ala-mos Police Department observed Johnson driving in an erratic manner. The police officer suspected Johnson was DWI and elected to make a traffic stop. The police officer turned on his emergency lights, and at first it appeared Johnson would pull over and stop at a point approximately one-half mile from the Los Alamos-Santa Fe County Line. Johnson, however, did not pull over but continued to drive for a distance of approximately one mile after the police officer turned on his emergency…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. State v. NanceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
  2. State Ex Rel. Bird v. ApodacaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Andrew James Devine v. New Mexico Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
  4. Boone v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Quintana v. New Mexico Department of CorrectionsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Helman v. GallegosNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
  2. State v. JohnsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State v. MaestasNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2006
  4. State v. TafoyaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2010
  5. County of Los Alamos v. TapiaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1990

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