State v. Blea

OPINION

HENDLEY, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of possession of heroin. The issues raised on appeal are the trial court’s asserted errors in denying (a) Motion to Suppress the Evidence for lack of probable cause, and (b) Motion for Continuance to make use of newly discovered evidence favorable to the defense. We affirm.

Motion to Suppress

Bernalillo County Sheriff’s narcotic officers Lundy and Sanchez were patrolling in a part of Albuquerque that is known as a “very high narcotic area.” Lundy had been acquainted with defendant for two or three years and knew him to be a narcotic…