Legal Opinion
State v. Anaya
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided December 6, 2007No. 27,441PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CASTILLO, Judge.
{1} The State appeals the district coui-t’s order granting Defendant’s motion to suppress evidence discovered after a traffic stop. The parties agree that the stop was initiated based on the officex-’s mistaken understanding of the law. The State argues that if the officer’s mistake is a reasonable one, the stop is valid. Defendant argues that the evidence known to the officer at the time of the stop did not provide reasonable grounds to support a violation of law. We agree with Defendant, and we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
{2} On August 4, 2006, the arresting officer observed…
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