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STATE v. BATES

No. 15519.

902 P.2d 1060 (1995)

120 N.M. 457

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack BATES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied September 1, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Attorney General and M. Anne Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Todd Hotchkiss, Timothy M. Padilla & Associates, P.C. and John W. Higgins, Higgins, Mescall & Lee, Albuquerque, for Defendant-Appellant.

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for driving while intoxicated (DWI). He contends that the roadblock at which he was detained violated prohibitions of both the New Mexico and the United States Constitutions against unreasonable searches and seizures. We hold that the roadblock was not an unreasonable search and seizure and, therefore, affirm.

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