STATE v. BALDONADO

Nos. 13534, 13529.

847 P.2d 751 (1992)

115 N.M.App. 106

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James BALDONADO, Jr., and Dolores Rodrigues, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied February 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Atty. Gen., Gail MacQuesten, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Sammy J. Quintana, Chief Public Defender, Christopher Bulman, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendants-appellants.


OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

These consolidated cases raise the question of whether there is a seizure, as a matter of law, whenever the police pull up behind a stopped car and turn on their flashing lights. We hold that there is not, but because the trial court may not have appreciated the principles governing the law of stops and seizures in its denial of defendants' motions to suppress, we remand these cases for redetermination in light of our clarification...

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