State v. Urioste

OPINION

MAES, Justice.

{1} Defendant Rudolfo Urioste entered into a conditional plea for possession of a controlled substance contrary to NMSA1978, § 30-31-23(D) (1990), reserving the right to appeal his conviction on the issue of suppression of evidence. Defendant argued that the cocaine should be suppressed because the information leading to his arrest was received by police through an anonymous tip and was not sufficiently corroborated to constitute reasonable suspicion to justify stopping Defendant on the highway. The district court entered findings of fact and conclusions of law and…