State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Petitioner v. Gunnar Olson, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The New Mexico Supreme Court held that the officer had reasonable suspicion to expand a lawful traffic stop into an investigation of prostitution solicitation, that the officer’s ordering of the defendant out of the car was permissible, and that the defendant’s consent to search his fanny pack was voluntary and not the fruit of an unlawful seizure. Accordingly, the Court reversed the Court of Appeals and affirmed the district court’s denial of the motion to suppress.