State v. Soto
New Mexico Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRY, Judge.
{1} The State appeals the district court’s order suppressing methamphetamine discarded by Defendant after he was stopped by police. Two police officers in a patrol vehicle observed Defendant riding his bicycle on a road near a racetrack’s secured area around 2:30 a.m., and the officers decided to “see where he was headed.” When the patrol vehicle pulled up next to Defendant’s bicycle, Defendant stopped, something dropped out of his hand, and he placed his foot on it. The officers introduced themselves and asked Defendant several questions about where he was going and where…
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