State v. Sneed

OPINION

WOOD, Judge, Court of Appeals.

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree and, upon the jury’s recommendation, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The appeal raises three issues:' unlawful search and seizure, improper comment to the jury and erroneous admission of evidence..

The claim of unlawful search and seizure is based on amendment IV of the Constitution of the United States and art. II, § 10 of the Constitution of New Mexico. The issue was presented to the trial court by a motion to suppress two items of evidence obtained by the police in a search of defendant’s car. The…