Legal Opinion
State v. Washington
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 22, 1971No. 512PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
480 P.2d 174 (1971)
STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Jesse Mitchell WASHINGTON and William Grady Powell, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 512.
Court of Appeals of New Mexico.
January 22, 1971.
Stanley F. Frost, Tucumcari, for appellants.
James A. Maloney, Atty.Gen., Santa Fe, Thomas L. Dunigan, Asst.Atty.Gen., for appellee.
OPINION
HENDLEY, Judge.
Defendants appeal their conviction for unlawful possession of marijuana.
We reverse.
The following events occurred during a trip defendants were making with two friends between New York and California. On January 31, 1970 the State Police set up a…
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