New Mexico Court of Appeals· 12/30/1996

State v. Walters

Citations

934 P.2d 282
123 N.M. 88
1997 NMCA 013

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holding that the defendant was not seized as a consequence of being followed by an officer
recognizing that emergency lights convey a signal that an officer approaching a car at night “presents no threat to the occupant of the car”
concluding that driver was not seized where officer pulled beside parked car and activated emergency lights for safety reasons
holding that the defendant 13 was not “seized” as a consequence of being followed by an officer
recognizing that “in some circumstances, without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, police may intrude upon an individual’s privacy to carry out community caretaker functions that further public safety”
recognizing that “in some 8 circumstances, without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, police may intrude 9 upon an individual’s privacy to carry out community caretaker functions that further 10 public safety”

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Judges: Bosson, Donnelly, Bustamante

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