State v. Neal

OPINION

SERNA, Justice.

{1} Alamogordo Department of Public Safety Officer Neil LaSalle stopped David Neal (“Defendant”) for a cracked windshield. Officer LaSalle asked for Defendant’s consent to search the truck for drugs and weapons, but Defendant refused consent. Believing he had reasonable suspicion, Officer LaSalle detained Defendant’s truck for approximately ten minutes to await a drug dog to perform a perimeter sniff of the truck, while allowing Defendant to leave the scene. Defendant called his father, James Neal (“Neal”), the owner of the truck, who arrived at the scene and…