Legal Opinion
State v. Vallejos
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1976No. 2152PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Defendant was convicted of receiving stolen property: a gun. Section 40A-16-11(G), N.M.S.A.1953 (2d Repl. Vol. 6, Supp.1975). The issues concern: (1) search and seizure, and (2) prosecutor’s closing argument.
Search and Seizure
A juvenile was driving the car in which defendant was a passenger in the front seat and Najar was a passenger in the back seat. The police stopped and arrested each of the three. There is no claim that the stop and these initial arrests were invalid.
The officers had a warrant for Najar’s arrest for violation of the conditions of his probation.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Alfred Earl HarflingerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Territory of New Mexico v. TorresNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1911
- United States of America, Plainteff-Appellee v. Walter Lee BushCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. GilbertNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. NolanNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
- State v. BartonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. BellNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. LunaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
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