STATE v. VARGAS

Nos. 16009, 16035.

910 P.2d 950 (1996)

121 N.M. 316

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter VARGAS and Tommy Vargas, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied January 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sammy J. Quintana, Chief Public Defender, Bruce Rogoff, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for Defendants-Appellants.

Tom Udall, Attorney General, Gail MacQuesten, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

1. In these consolidated cases we review Defendants' contentions that the trial court erred in upholding the exigent circumstances exception to the knock-and-announce rule, and in denying their motions to suppress controlled substances seized by law enforcement officers incident to their execution of arrest warrants upon Defendants at their residence. Because our review of the record indicates the existence of evidence from...

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