Legal Opinion
State v. Estrada
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 19, 1991No. 12476PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. The issue on appeal is the district court’s refusal to suppress the evidence that was the basis of defendant’s conviction. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse the district court’s decision.
FACTS
The suppression issue was tried below on a set of stipulated facts, and these are the only facts available for our consideration. Defendant drove a 1979 Pontiac station wagon into Border Patrol checkpoint 953, which is located at Orogrande in Otero County. One passenger was…
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