STATE v. LEYBA

No. 16,854.

935 P.2d 1171 (1997)

123 N.M. 159

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sylvia LEYBA, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

February 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Udall, Attorney General, Anthony Tupler, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Appellant.

T. Glenn Ellington, Chief Public Defender, Sue A. Hermann, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for Appellee.


OPINION

ARMIJO, Judge.

1. The State appeals from the trial court's order granting Defendant's motion to suppress drug evidence seized from an automobile. The sole issue on appeal is whether Defendant had standing to challenge the search of the automobile. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

2. In October 1993, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department received several tips that Defendant and two other individuals, Michael Lucero and...

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