· 9/19/1995
State v. Madalena
Citations
- 908 P.2d 756
- 121 N.M. 63
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing its authority to depart from federal constitutional precedent in determining whether a sobriety checkpoint is reasonable but not fully analyzing a reason for the departure
- recognizing its authority to depart from federal constitutional precedent in determining whether a sobriety checkpoint is reasonable but not fully analyzing a reason for the departure
- holding 11 “a sobriety checkpoint conducted in substantial compliance with the eight Betancourt 12 factors is constitutional under the New Mexico Constitution”
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Judges: Flores, Donnelly, Black
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