· 1/3/1991
State v. Bedolla
Citations
- 806 P.2d 588
- 111 N.M. 448
How courts have described this case
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- holding there was no attenuation where defendants gave consent for search after being stopped based on uncorroborated tip that they were dealing cocaine
- holding there was no attenuation where the defendants gave consent 5 1 for search after being stopped based on uncorroborated tip that they were dealing 2 cocaine
- state must prove consent to search was voluntary and free from taint of illegal state action
- tip alleging criminal activity which is uncorroborated by police investigatory work cannot provide basis for investigatory stop
- although defendant was lawfully detained at a roadblock and consented to search of trunk, once that consent was withdrawn, officers needed probable cause to search the container inside
- illegally obtained evidence must be suppressed
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Judges: Alarid, Bivins, Chavez
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