Legal Opinion
State v. Apodaca
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 25, 1991No. 12274PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARTZ, Judge.
Defendant was convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. He was stopped while driving north on Interstate 25 south of Socorro. Officer Pete Conticelli stopped the vehicle for an alleged violation of the New Mexico safety-belt statute. After inquiry regarding the ownership and destination of the vehicle, Officer Conticelli obtained permission to look in the trunk. There he found a suitcase from which he claimed he detected the odor of marijuana. With the assistance of a passing border patrol agent, Officer Conticelli broke open the suitcase; it contained…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Arkansas v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. JohnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. Jose Luis Guzman and Sonia Cruz-LazoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. GomezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
- United States v. Carlos Botero-OspinaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- State v. WilsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- Commonwealth v. HendersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- State v. PallorNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1996
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