STATE v. GONZALES

No. 31,891.

257 P.3d 894 (2011)

2011-NMSC-012

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. Victor GONZALES, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. King , Attorney General, James W. Grayson , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner.

Gorence & Oliveros, P.C., Robert J. Gorence , Albuquerque, NM, for Respondent.


OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{1} The State appeals a district court order suppressing methamphetamine evidence based on its conclusion that a traffic stop of Defendant Victor Gonzales was an unconstitutional pretext to a narcotics investigation. During the suppression hearing, Detective Carlos Gallegos, who had been monitoring Defendant's activities during the day in question, testified that he coordinated the traffic stop of Defendant for...

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