Legal Opinion
State v. Romero
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 18, 2002No. 22,112PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOSSON, Chief Judge.
{1} In this appeal, a police officer opened the driver’s door of Defendant’s car to check for a secondary vehicle identification number (VIN) and noticed contraband in plain view. We decide whether that act violated Defendant’s rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Article II, Section 10 of the New Mexico Constitution, or NMSA 1978, Section 66-3-507(B) (1978). We affirm the district court’s denial of Defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence of that search and seizure of the contraband.
BACKGROUND
{2} At approximately 11:10 p.m., New…
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