STATE v. LETICIA T.

No. 33,566.

329 P.3d 636 (2014)

2014-NMSC-020

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. LETICIA T., a child, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. King , Attorney General, Ralph E. Trujillo , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner and Respondent.

Jorge A. Alvarado , Chief Public Defender, Tania Shahani , Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent and Petitioner.


OPINION

MAES, Justice.

{1} This case presents the issue of warrantless vehicle searches after reported use of a weapon from said vehicle. Here, officers were dispatched in response to reports of an armed subject pointing a rifle at several people from the window of a light beige or tan vehicle. After Defendant Leticia T. (Child) and children passengers were removed and detained, the officers conducted a warrantless search of the interior and...

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