STATE v. CORDOVA

No. 18645.

784 P.2d 30 (1989)

109 N.M. 211

STATE of New Mexico, Petitioner, v. Esequiel CORDOVA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Stratton, Atty. Gen., Katherine Zinn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for petitioner.

Jacquelyn Robins, Chief Public Defender, Jerry Todd Wertheim, Asst. Appellant Defender, Santa Fe, for respondent.


OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

Respondent Cordova was convicted of possession of heroin. He appealed the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized under an allegedly invalid search warrant. The court of appeals reversed his conviction, holding that the affidavit used to secure the warrant did not provide an adequate basis from which the issuing magistrate could conclude probable cause existed to search the house where Cordova resided at the time of his...

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