STATE v. VALLEJOS

No. 23775.

945 P.2d 957 (1997)

123 N.M. 739

1997-NMSC-040

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Vincent VALLEJOS, Defendant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

July 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Glenn Ellington, Chief Public Defender, Bruce Rogoff, Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for Petitioner.

Tom Udall, Attorney General, Joel Jacobsen, Joan M. Waters, Assistant Attorneys General, Santa Fe, for Respondent.

Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Cron & Schoenburg, LLP, Mark H. Donatelli, Santa Fe, Stout & Winterbottom, Michael Stout, Roswell, Michael W. Lilley, Las Cruces, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.


OPINION

MINZNER, Justice.

1. Defendant Vincent Vallejos was convicted for possession of a controlled substance under NMSA 1978, § 30-31-23 (1989), after he bought a quantity of crack cocaine from an undercover police officer during the course of a "reverse sting operation." On review by the Court of Appeals, Vallejos claimed, inter alia, that the trial court erred in ruling that there was no objective entrapment as a matter of law and in refusing...

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