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State v. Contreras

Citations

  • 79 P.3d 1111
  • 134 N.M. 503
  • 2003 NMCA 129

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that erratic driving observed and reported by a reliable concerned motorist in a 911 call provided the officer with reasonable suspicion to stop a well-identified vehicle for possible drunk driving
  • characterizing a brief investigatory traffic stop as a “minimal intrusion”

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Judges: Pickard, Bustamante, Fry

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