Legal Opinion
State v. Cordova
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 20, 1989No. 18645PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
Respondent Cordova was convicted of possession of heroin. He appealed the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized under an allegedly invalid search warrant. The court of appeals reversed his conviction, holding that the affidavit used to secure the warrant did not provide an adequate basis from which the issuing magistrate could conclude probable cause existed to search the house where Cordova resided at the time of his arrest.
The affidavit submitted to secure the search warrant in this case stated:
1. That within the last 24 hours, Affiant has been contacted by…
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