Turley v. State

633 P.2d 687 (1981)

96 N.M. 579

Clarence "Frank" TURLEY, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of New Mexico, Respondent.

No. 13424.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 17, 1981.

Leslie Rakestraw, Rio Rancho, for petitioner.

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Jill Z. Cooper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for respondent.

OPINION

EASLEY, Chief Justice.

Turley was charged with using mechanical earth-moving equipment to excavate an archaeological site on another person's private property to remove objects of antiquity without a permit. The trial court dismissed the criminal information. The Court of Appeals reversed. We reverse the…