Legal Opinion
State v. Franks
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided July 18, 1994No. 14853PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARTZ, Judge.
The State appeals from the district court’s order suppressing statements made by Defendant during and immediately after a telephone call he placed to obtain emergency assistance for a drug overdose. Defendant is charged with possession of cocaine. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
On September 14, 1992, shortly after 2 a.m., Defendant called 911 from a pay phone at the Town and Country Store in Roswell to request an ambulance. He told the dispatcher where he was, that he had taken an overdose of cocaine, and that he thought he was dying. The…
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