Legal Opinion
State v. Lucero
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided May 7, 1981No. 4848PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDREWS, Judge.
Richard Lucero appeals from his conviction on two counts of commercial burglary. The following events gave rise to Lucero’s appeal.
Lucero, two other men and a woman were arrested by Officer Heshley on suspicion of commercial burglary. The three men were handcuffed, given their Miranda 1 warnings, and placed in the officer’s patrol car. Officer Heshley secretly turned on a tape recorder on the front seat of the patrol car, and then left the three men alone while he inventoried their car.
When Officer Heshley returned to the patrol car he told the three men, “[y]ou might…
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3Cited by23 opinions
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