STATE v. ALDERETE

No. 29,214.

255 P.3d 377 (2011)

2011-NMCA-055

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gisela ALDERETE, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

April 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


OPINION

FRY, Judge.

{1} Defendant Gisela Alderete was charged with possession of over one hundred pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute, along with other related charges, after detectives discovered a large amount of marijuana in her vehicle following a traffic stop. In a motion to suppress the evidence seized during the search of her vehicle, Defendant argued that the traffic stop was pretextual and that the actual motivation for the...

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