State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Petitioner v. Christopher Gurule and Linda Davis, Defendants-Respondents

Summary

The New Mexico Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, holding that the search warrant provided probable cause to seize the defendants' digital camera, that the exclusion of a witness’s testimony under the fruit‑of‑the‑poisonous‑tree doctrine was erroneous, and that a statement made by a mother to her son was nontestimonial and therefore not barred by the Confrontation Clause. The Court remanded for a hearing on the admissibility of that statement under the state evidence rules.