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79 N.M. 525

State v. Pineda

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided September 27, 1968

New Mexico Court of Appeals · decided 1968-09-27

Relies on State v. Barton · State v. Fines · State v. Sedillo

Decided 1968-09-27

¶1OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

¶2Denied post-conviction relief under § 21-1-1(93), N.M.S.A.1953 (Supp.1967), defendant appeals. He contends that evidence was erroneously admitted at his trial because seized without a valid search warrant. The circumstances of this asserted illegal seizure were known to defendant at his trial. Accordingly, the question of use of illegally seized evidence is not a cognizable issue under § 21-1-1(93), supra. State v. Barton, 79 N.M. 70, 439 P.2d 719 (1968) ; State v. Fines, 78 N.M. 737, 437 P.2d 1006 (1968).

¶3Although defendant may not obtain a review of the seizure issue in a post-conviction proceeding, a companion case, which was a direct appeal, decided the issue on its merits. State v. Sedillo, 79 N.M. 289, 442 P.2d 601 (1968).

¶4The order denying relief is affirmed.

¶5It is so ordered.

SPIESS, C. J., and OMAN, J., concur.
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