OPINION
STOWERS, Justice.
We granted certiorari to determine whether the discovery of a roach clip with marijuana residue on it in the ashtray of defendant-respondent's, Lucio Pena's, vehicle gave the officers probable cause to search the interior of that vehicle.
The court of appeals in its opinion set forth the facts relevant to this inquiry as follows. On May 19, 1986, New Mexico State Police Officers Clifford Frisk and Norman Denton conducted...
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