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STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. 512.

480 P.2d 174 (1971)

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesse Mitchell WASHINGTON and William Grady Powell, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

January 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley F. Frost, Tucumcari, for appellants.

James A. Maloney, Atty.Gen., Santa Fe, Thomas L. Dunigan, Asst.Atty.Gen., for appellee.

OPINION

HENDLEY, Judge.

Defendants appeal their conviction for unlawful possession of marijuana.

We reverse.

The following events occurred during a trip defendants were making with two friends between New York and California. On January 31, 1970 the State Police set up a road-block on the East side of Tucumcari, New Mexico to check driver's licenses and car registrations. The defendants were stopped in this routine check and, after having...

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