STATE v. BOLTON

No. 11194.

801 P.2d 98 (1990)

111 N.M. 28

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael A. BOLTON and Norman E. Gill, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied November 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Hollander, John W. Boyd, Freedman, Boyd & Daniels, P.A., Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant Michael A. Bolton.

Michael V. Davis, Franchini, Wagner, Oliver, Franchini & Curtis, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant Norman E. Gill.

Hal Stratton, Atty. Gen., Gail MacQuesten, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

On defendants' motion for rehearing, we deny the motion but withdraw our opinion filed on May 17, 1990, and substitute the following.

Each defendant appeals his conviction of trafficking a controlled substance. The sole issue on appeal is the legality of the search that uncovered cocaine in a false gas tank on their truck. We affirm.

To put defendants' contentions in context, we first outline the circumstances of the...

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