Legal Opinion
State v. Baca
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 9, 1982No. 13088PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOSA, Senior Justice.
Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Defendant appeals, challenging the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant. We reverse the trial court and remand for a new trial.
An officer employed by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office swore out an affidavit to seek a warrant to search a house and certain vehicles1 located at 5737 Del Frate Place in northwest Albuquerque. The affidavit contained information from an eyewitness, hearsay information from two confidential…
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by27 opinions
- State v. CordovaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
- State v. DonaldsonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. LeftwichSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
- State v. EvansNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2009
- State v. SteinzigNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1999
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