Informant’s claims of drug possession supported Alamogordo police raid, NM Supreme Court rules • Source New Mexico

Informant’s claims of drug possession supported Alamogordo police raid, NM Supreme Court rules • Source New Mexico

The New Mexico Supreme Court on Nov. 20, 2023 in Santa Fe. (Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM)A confidential informant’s first-hand observations met the requirements needed for Alamogordo police to search a person’s home for evidence of selling drugs, the state’s highest court ruled last week. In a split decision, all but one of the New Mexico Supreme Court’s justices on June 5 affirmed the state Court of Appeals’ reversal of a district court r…