New Mexico Court of Appeals· 8/18/1995
State v. Ruiz
Citations
- 903 P.2d 845
- 120 N.M. 534
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that weaving into another lane provided 12 reasonable suspicion to stop
- holding 7 that the defendant’s “weaving for four blocks while the officer attempted to pull him 8 over to the curb, combined with [the] strong odor of alcohol, glassy eyes, and inability 9 to perform all of the [FSTs] in a satisfactory fashion, provided probable cause”
- probable cause exists where police observed car weaving, smelled strong odor of alcohol, saw glassy eyes, and where defendant was unable to perform field sobriety tests
- calibration logs of breathalyser machine admissible as business record
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Judges: Black, Pickard, Bosson
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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 2,882×
- State v. MartinezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1996-09-06· cited 171×
- State v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2007-05-18· cited 122×
- State v. DedmanNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2004-11-17· cited 121×
- State v. SanchezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2001-11-07· cited 98×
- State v. LopezNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1999-12-28· cited 86×
- State v. NealNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2007-11-06· cited 84×
- State v. BullcomingNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2010-02-12· cited 69×
- State v. RossNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 45×
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-02· cited 44×
- State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1995-11-15· cited 41×
- State v. OnsurezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2002-05-13· cited 35×
- State v. BrennanNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1998-10-22· cited 28×
- State v. LopezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1996-07-22· cited 26×
- Harkins v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 20×
- State v. GuruleNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2003-11-18· cited 15×
- State v. DillinerWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-26· cited 11×
- State v. SmithNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1999-10-20· cited 10×
- State v. DelgadoNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2009-05-14· cited 8×
- Bransford v. State Taxation & Revenue DepartmentNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1998-04-30· cited 8×
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