State v. Chakerian

1 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 2 Opinion Number: ___________ 3 Filing Date: February 22, 2018 4 NO. S-1-SC-35121 5 STATE OF NEW MEXICO, 6 Plaintiff-Petitioner, 7 v. 8 STEFAN CHAKERIAN, 9 Defendant-Respondent. 10 ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON CERTIORARI 11 Stan Whitaker, District Judge 12 Hector H. Balderas, Attorney General 13 Martha Anne Kelly, Assistant Attorney General 14 John Kloss, Assistant Attorney General 15 Santa Fe, NM 16 for Petitioner 17 Dane Eric Hannum 18 Albuquerque, NM 19 for Respondent 1 OPINION 2 MAES, Justice. 3 {1} New Mexico law provides a motorist arrested…