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Why did you tell me there's no guns in the car? >> Uh, I don't know if there's any guns in the car. >> I can see one right there on the floorboard. >> This is like I said >> Right there where your feet are at. >> This is not my vehicle, sir. >> But you were driving it, right? So when I ask you if there's a gun in the car, you got to tell me, man. >> no, honestly I didn't know. This is like I said, I literally just called him and told him if I could go use the restroom, but that was literally it. >> What's going on? >> What's wrong? >> Good. You didn't come to complete stop at that stop sign, and then you got to wait for that car that >> Yes, sir. >> the one up there on Main. >> I didn't see that sign. >> I'm sorry. Yeah. Get your driver's license handy. >> I don't, sir. >> Do you not have a driver's license? >> I do not have one. >> Why are you driving then? >> actually. Uh, Diego Rendia. Uh, it's not on me, sir. Wait, hold on. Hold on real quick. Nesto. I just barely got back from the dispensary. I'm sorry, sir. Hold on, Nesto. I didn't see it. I'm so sorry, sir. I was just coming right here to check in stuff real quick cuz I have to be on a time limit over here. I'm so sorry. >> Okay, so you're on probation, too? >> Uh, no. I was here to pick up my friend. I was coming over here for my friend. >> Okay. You have the registration and insurance for the vehicle? >> Uh, honestly, uh, it's his car, sir. He does >> Okay, so you don't have any of it to provide? >> Uh, no. It's all in his phone, sir. >> Okay. Stand up there. >> Okay. I'm going to have him get out of the car. He's moving. He's not with us, too. So I'm going to have him get out, and then I'm going to let him know that we're going to look through his car. He He's still in the office. So he can come out here and >> I'm going to give him a bunch of tickets. He rolled the stop sign up there. >> Oh, he did? >> Yeah. >> So do I need to wait for you to do all that? >> Do what you need to do? >> Cuz I don't know that they don't have any firearms in the vehicle because he's not only carrying guns and stuff. >> Yeah. Yeah, we can have him get out. >> Okay. >> Hurry him out. Jump out for me real quick, Diego. Hey. >> I was trying to find my phone. >> I only have to ask you once, brother. Don't make me ask a second. You don't have any knives, guns, weapons, or anything on you, right? >> Uh, no, sir. You can pat me down if you want. >> You want to set that stuff on the hood of the truck? >> Yes, sir. I just >> You just went shopping? >> Mhm. >> Are you driving? >> Well, I have a medical card. >> Well, you don't need a medical card. It's legal in New Mexico. >> Oh, yeah? I forgot about that. >> All right, my man. >> Okay. Yeah, I'm sorry. >> So, you don't have your ID or nothing in there? >> No, sir. I have I have eight Look, it. I do have a friend's ID, but it's not not mine. He just forgot it, so I was holding it for him. And I literally had to use the restroom right here at the All Subs and that. I'm going to shower to myself, to be honest with y'all. >> You no other kind of ID? >> No, no, sir. I don't. I have to I literally have to go get it printed today cuz I'm supposed to be taking a trip to Phoenix tomorrow. So, I was talking Yeah, I was supposed to I'm legit I was just talking to my dad on my other phone. This phone right here. >> Why do you have multiple phones? >> Honestly, look it. Uh this one >> a lot of honestly. >> Look it. >> I mean, typically when people tell me honestly all the time, they're not being honest. >> Look at my phone. It's all cracked. So, this one it just broke the other day. I had to go to the Southgate to get it fixed. So, I had to have a phone cuz I I just had my newborn last month. So, yeah, this is Now, these are I had to grab this phone just in case cuz this phone was broke for like 2 weeks and I didn't have any way to get a hold of my mom. I don't have a job at the moment, but the worker just called me cuz I they know I live there and they told me to go talk to them in the back. So, that's literally what I was doing. I was just That was it. I just went to use the restroom. Like I said, I have my medical card even though I'm 20 I'm 22. >> All right, can you have a seat over here, okay? >> Yes, ma'am. >> On the on the curb. >> Okay. Uh what about this? >> You can hang on to it. Put it Yeah, put it in your pockets. It's legal. >> Okay, I did. >> Grab your phone. >> Can I turn off this phone and stuff? >> Just have a seat on the curb for me. >> I'll take the keys. >> Oh, this is my keys. >> Oh, it's just Okay. Yeah, just have a seat and give me a second, okay? >> Okay. >> Don't you try to run. >> Of course sure not. I'm going to go get Antonio over here. >> Go. You don't know of any you know kind of drugs? Have you been using his ID or what? >> No, sir. I've not been using his ID. No, I I don't even look like that person. >> Well, it's just a little fatter face. No guns or drugs or anything in the car, right? >> No, this is not my vehicle, sir. >> And you dropped the all your other weed down in there, too. >> I'll do that. I didn't know. I think it's on the other side here. >> No, my hair. >> See, I didn't even notice that. Thank you, sir. >> Are you a felon? >> No, sir. >> No? Why did you tell me there's no guns in the car? >> I don't know if there's any guns in the car. >> I can see one right there on the floorboard. >> This is I Like I said >> Right there where your feet are at. >> This is not my vehicle, sir. >> But you were driving it, right? So, when I ask you if there's a gun in the car, you got to tell me, man. >> No, honestly, I didn't know. This is Like I said, I literally just called him and told him if I could go use the restroom, but that was literally it. No, this is not my car, sir. My car I have a Dodge Durango. >> Are you a felon? >> Yes, sir. >> You're a felon? >> Yes, sir. >> And it's your car? >> Yes, sir. >> No, I told you the agent's car. Well, there's a gun right there on the floorboard. >> Oh, what the hell? >> He just barely picked up this fire, yeah. He barely picked me up on the way here. >> Oh, I have a seat. Yeah, I don't I don't have a gun. >> I was working No, he I don't >> Chill. >> Huh? I'm not a felon at the moment until it gets uh I guess expunged, right? Yeah, no, so I'm not a felon at the moment. >> Turn around for me. Turn around. Leave your stuff down there on the ground. >> Leave it down? >> Yeah, I'm just going to put you in handcuffs until we're done. You're just being detained right now. >> Okay. >> Okay. It's mainly for my safety because there's a gun in play right now. >> Yes, sir. >> Turn around. >> Where you at? Where are your brothers? >> On March 21st, 2024, a stop sign violation in New Mexico triggered a felony drug and weapons investigation involving two subjects, visible firearm, and trafficking level cocaine. This analysis examines five constitutional principles governing every phase of this encounter. The stop is constitutionally valid under the Fourth Amendment. A traffic infraction constitutes probable cause for an investigative detention under Terry versus Ohio. When the driver admitted having no valid license, a stand-alone violation under New Mexico Statutes Annotated Section 66-7-351, the scope of the detention lawfully expanded beyond the original infraction. Upon receiving intelligence that the vehicle owner was known to carry firearms, the officer ordered all occupants out of the vehicle. Under Pennsylvania versus Mims, officers may order every occupant out during any lawful traffic stop solely for officer safety without any additional suspicion of criminal activity. This authority extends to passengers under Maryland versus Wilson. No further justification is required. The firearm on the driver's floorboard activates the plain view doctrine as established in Horton versus California. Three conditions must be satisfied. The officer must be lawfully positioned, the item's incriminating nature must be immediately apparent, and lawful access must exist. All three are met. The officer stood at an open door he had full legal authority to approach. When the driver then admitted to being a convicted felon, the encounter transitioned from investigative detention to a de facto arrest supported by probable cause. Violation of New Mexico Statutes Annotated Section 30-7-16, unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Neither subject claimed ownership of the firearm or the cocaine subsequently found in the trunk. This is where constructive possession becomes decisive. The doctrine requires only two elements, knowledge of the contraband's presence and the ability to exercise control over it. Physical ownership is not required. The driver held immediate dominion over the vehicle and the area where the weapon weapon was found. Claiming the car belongs to an absent third party does not extinguish that legal inference. >> That's my brother's car, but >> Is there anything I can do to help out the mobile? >> No, it's fine. >> Yeah. I literally just went down to use the restroom and I got pulled over right there. >> You're on the side of the Sure. I got you. Sit down. Sit down. >> Okay, my bad. I'm sorry. >> to do it slow. >> Yes, sir. >> Good. >> Is there any way I can use the bathroom? I need to pee really bad. >> My thing is >> Yes, sir. >> that gun is yours. You want to know how I know? Because about an hour or so ago he didn't have a gun in the car. >> I have a gun in the car. >> No. >> No, yeah, you got I got security ticket. >> Yeah. I I stopped him and and I could see everything in the car when I went up there was no gun in the car. Is that what happened? >> I never I never said that. >> Antonio. >> Yes, sir. >> You mind if I get that gun out of your car? >> I will do whatever you need to do. I don't got a gun in the >> Whose car is that? >> That's my brother's. >> Your brother's? You're driving it? >> I've got a blue over here. >> Okay, cuz probation's going to search your car. Just this one's right in plain view. Is there anything else in this car probation going to find? >> No no bro, I don't have >> Is there anything in this car probation going to find? >> It's not my vehicle. >> You're the last one in control of it. You're the last one driving the vehicle. So, you are also responsible for anything that was found in the car. >> I did >> I got my I got I got I got my When you're in control of the vehicle >> One in the county. Let me see your >> You can do whatever you need to do. You want to turn it off? >> Yeah, turn it >> Do you want to turn >> Well, you guys can search it, but >> Make sure >> Is he a felon? >> I'm going to check his sentence. What kind of sentence did you get? >> I had uh 5 years, but >> Are they heard or or suspended? >> I was uh Wait, what was that again? >> They're heard or suspended? >> They're heard. I was suspended. >> He says he's about to finish his time. >> You can get him get in the back. You want to put him in the back inside? >> Yeah. >> Stand up. >> Hey. >> Do you have a phone? >> Uh-uh. >> What's your serial number? 10-80. Put him in the back of the Is there somebody at the window? Go do your thing, man. Can you Can you Can you go wait inside for him? He's going to the bathroom. >> Of course. The one in the reflector? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Is it stolen or not? >> No, it's good. >> Okay. >> I I don't need to sign mine. I just was literally walking down the street. I'm on probation. >> What are you doing in the back of the car? >> Honestly, it's my right to go get that job, right? Cuz I was going to go with him to Hamilton Roofing. >> Wasn't he in court today, right? >> Yeah. I was going to go with him to Hamilton and uh Roofing to go get that job. I live with the Arrowhead Stone Hamilton Roofing down the road. >> Matches. Let's seal it up. >> I'm filming it. >> All right, I'm just going to go to the bathroom real quick and finish this up. >> Okay. All right. >> I'm just going to >> Oh. >> Thanks. >> I'm straight. >> Oh. >> You could Oh, I mean, yeah, go ahead. Go ahead. >> So, what about my weed? >> No, yeah. >> You can move over this way right back here. >> All right. >> You want to be reading the weed right now? >> Yeah, what's going to happen with the >> What's your name, man? >> Uh Frankie Valentine. >> Frankie, you want to just come over to this junior real quick? >> I'll I'll I'll grab your stuff, man. Okay. >> You sit. You just have a seat right next to this car. >> Oh, I'm sorry, sir. >> Oh, you said a little I honestly, bro. >> Brother? >> Yeah. >> Okay, I'll fix it for you. >> All right. >> Oh. >> I'll be good I'll find it again. >> Um I'm not sure, man. I just got here, so >> I don't really know what the hell happened. >> Dude. Oh, sorry. Yeah, I'm just >> All right, let's go ahead and walk over here to your car. >> You need to get a hold on, man. >> I am. >> I said I really don't have it. >> I honestly >> You want to have a seat this fine man. >> I am. >> Johnny, what's in the car? >> Hm? >> What's in the car? >> I have a seat. I have no idea if I have anything in the car. Like literally all I have is some work stuff and that's that's it. >> So anything inside the car is going to be his that shouldn't be in there? >> Yeah, but I don't know. Like I said, I don't know what's All I had is is some work stuff all I had is some work stuff in there and then that's it. I have clothes. I'm moving house right now so that's all I >> We're both in the unit. Pat him down real good. Let's go ahead and take a ride uh go ahead and put him in your unit and I'll put him in my unit. Let's go ahead and we're going to go over here to this black one, okay? >> Black one? >> Yeah. Right here. I'm just going to pat you down. I know they probably already searched you, man, but I'll just uh just make sure, okay? Okay. Yeah, none of that I got you. All right, you don't got anything on you, man? Nothing at all? >> No, they just searched me at all. Okay. >> I'm going to uh >> Well, actually I think I have uh weed on me. Yeah, that was just another pack. Might have weed in there. Just my phone, that's it, sir. >> Is this your phone? >> Yeah, I'm just going to call my lawyer. >> All right, just keep it >> Is it okay if I call my lawyer, though? Do you have a pen? >> Uh >> Thank you. >> Oh, that's weed. Yeah, yeah, my bad. >> You want to take it out? >> Uh no, it's fine. It's a medical I have my medical card with me. >> Your medical phone? How many phones you got? >> That's the phone actually. I have two phones, sir. >> Kevin Gates >> Kevin Gates I believe. leaving. Hey, do you want me to Mirandize him and just kind of see if I could crack him? >> A secondary officer stated at approximately the 13-minute mark that he intended to question a detained subject before Miranda in order to quote crack him. Under Miranda vs. Arizona, any statement obtained during custodial interrogation without prior rights advisement is inadmissible. Once handcuffed and placed in a patrol vehicle, the custody threshold is unambiguously met. This remark signals a deliberate pre-Miranda interrogation attempt, exposing any resulting statements to suppression at trial. >> This is Is that Antonio? >> I do believe so. >> Don't let them search the car. >> Oh, wow. Okay. >> This is Mr. Antonio. >> Okay. Okay, what's your name, buddy? >> Antonio Antonio >> Antonio. I don't know if you remember me. I've I've met you before. You had an accident. Do you have your >> I have my driver's license. >> Yeah. Mhm. Um before we before I even ask you any questions, I'm just going to advise you of your rights, okay? You have the right to remain silent. Anything that rights in mind, you still want to speak with me? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. What's in the car? >> The initial >> I'm not exactly sure, man. Look, I know he does some drugs. stuff. I was just going to get him I was trying to help him get it done the day after I got my check in done. >> Yeah. >> So, I know he sells cocaine and I know he watches porn. >> If there if there was any kind of drug in there, would it be cocaine? >> I smell I smell the gas. >> You know what I mean? Have you seen any cocaine in there? >> No. >> Really? Okay. But, what makes you give you gives you the assumption that there might be some something like cocaine in there? >> I know he sells cocaine. >> Okay. >> It's the only thing you know he does. >> Okay. And is that your phone, the one that they have? >> I don't know. Mine was in the probation office. >> Yeah. Okay, so there was somebody that texted you appeared on the screen and it said don't let them search the car. >> The problem is I can't read. >> A text notification reading, "Don't let them search the car." appeared on the subject's phone lock screen. Officers read it without unlocking the device. Under the plain view doctrine, a lock screen visible from a lawful vantage point does not constitute a search. Separately, cocaine in the trunk elevated the charge from possession to trafficking under New Mexico statutes annotated section 30-31-20, a threshold determined by quantity confirmed at the scene. The driver initially provided a false name to law enforcement. Under New Mexico statutes annotated section 30-22-3, a false identity statement to an officer is an independent criminal offense separate from every other charge in this encounter. One false statement added a standalone felony to an already compounding case. >> Okay. The car's in there. All right. >> I'm just letting you know right now, Antonio, honesty is the best policy. >> I'm trying to do. I don't know I'm not trying to get no more time. >> If there was something in there, man, you tell us, we could deal with it that way or >> That's what I'm saying. I don't know exactly what's in the car. I know what I didn't have in there. It's not mine, 100%. >> What does he have anything in the car, though? That's what I'm trying to figure out. >> I guess I haven't seen anything this time. I know he's okay. I'm just trying to take him down to Hamilton Road to get a job. That's it. >> Okay. All right, man. Whose car is that? >> It's my brother's car. >> Okay. >> It Well, he died, so it's it's my car. I just have to get it switched over and stuff, but I was supposed to do that tomorrow. >> All right, if you just want to hang tight. >> Um what's going to be happening from here on, sir? >> I'm not sure. >> Most likely going to jail or >> Um I'm not sure. Just got here. But right now, you are detained, okay? >> Okay. Is this your car? >> I know it's not my car. That's What's up, you sir? >> All right, man. I'm going to I'm going to read you your rights, okay? >> Yes, sir. >> You heard it, you know them, but I'm going to say them again, okay? >> Yes, sir. >> So, you have the right to remain silent. >> Yes, sir. I understand those. So, what's happening? >> So, I'm just going to ask you some some questions, okay? >> Yeah, no, of course. This is my dad My dad's on the phone with me. >> That's fine. Who was driving the car? >> Oh, he's driving it? I He was driving it. Uh he drove here and I literally just went to the officer right there to go use the restroom. That's it cuz I you know I was just taking a piss in there. And I literally didn't take that. And I called my ass to him. >> So, he drove here? >> Yeah, he he drove here. Yeah. I I mean that guy I mean he picked me up this morning. Literally after I woke up I just got ready you see. I was going to go for the job interview and he just picked me up and then and he drove here I mean and I just hopped in the I was in passenger obviously so I hopped in and I just left. I just I called him asked him he was like yeah it's okay. >> Okay. Was there anything in the vehicle that >> belong to me? >> Yeah. >> No, hell no. >> Anything else? >> No, no the I didn't see the no gun in there. I don't have nothing. Anything that's on me is in my possession. >> else that's in there is yours? >> No, no. >> No, no. >> I mean it's not even my vehicle. >> Uh-huh. >> Who's it? I was in I was driving it for 2 seconds. >> Okay. What about any any cocaine? >> No, sir. >> No? >> I don't I don't do cocaine. I check in every month. >> Right. >> I I do I do what I have to do to prove it. >> cocaine in the car. You don't know whose it is. >> Well, I mean >> It's either yours or his. So, whose whose is it? >> Not mine. No, I don't know no I check in every month. I come out clean every month. I I have three kids. >> Okay. All right, Antonio if you could hop out for me brother. We're going to switch your out of your cuffs, okay? Cuz they're not they're not my cuffs. They're your cuffs. All right, go ahead and take a seat man. We'll talk to you, okay? So, they're going to do a probation hold on you, okay? So, you are going to jail today. Like I said man, honesty is the best policy because whatever's in the vehicle is going to be found, okay? And the more that you give us information it might help you out. I now understand that they've already found some stuff as a result of the search So going to be inventorying that stuff. We're going to have to pick who it goes to, okay? I don't know if it's iron man >> Okay. >> I mean if you have if you have a change of heart man, if you have any information that you I know I know I understand I'm not saying that you you have information, but let's say you did and you would decide to withhold it then we can't help you, okay? >> just letting you know that I was going to um Yeah, there's a propane in there that's not mine. I don't >> Okay. >> propane and I don't have no guns or anything. >> Then my suggestion to you is pick better friends cuz now you're in trouble for this, okay? >> Okay. >> All right man. Thanks man. >> that cigarette >> Uh not right now, okay? I'm going to let him decide what we're doing. >> Sir? >> Yes, sir. I'm just going to be straight up with you. >> Sir? >> Both of you guys are going to be going to jail. So the probation they put a a hold on you guys and we're going to be applying for a search warrant for the car. >> That's fine. >> Okay. You don't want to come clean with me? Let me know. >> Why would I come clean with you if something's not mine? That's like >> So you're sticking with that story that >> What do you want me to do? Tell you what you want to hear? You're the cop you do your job and I'm doing mine. I don't I don't I don't have no nothing to say. That car is not mine. Nothing in that vehicle is mine. Everything that was mine is literally on my person and everything on top of that vehicle was on my person. So obviously none of that vehicle is not mine. Not a single thing in that car is mine, so >> Okay. We're just going to put different cuffs on you over there. You want to hop out? >> Can I get my money out my wallet? And my dad's on the phone. >> Okay. >> I need to talk to him. >> Okay, well we'll we'll deal with that in a sec, okay? >> Yeah, can I get my money from my wallet so I can get my book? >> No, we'll get Yeah, so let's go ahead and take a seat. >> Mhm. Thank you. >> Yeah, no problem. >> What up? What >> What's up? You can go ahead and take that front seat. Hey really quick brother, what's your name, man? >> Frankie. >> Frankie. Okay, give me a sec. >> You booked this one up before? >> Yeah. This is actually originally when we first picked it up it was a suicide. >> Oh, nice. >> Yeah. And then we had it for like 3 months. >> So, it must have been his brother, Antonio's brother, cuz he said his brother just died. >> Yeah. Well, he shot himself in the backseat right there. If you look on the uh what's it called on the door frame? >> I'm at 700 North Gower. >> You see that? It's still blood. >> Yeah, I saw the stuff on the door frame. So, he still didn't clean up? >> No, no, he came and picked he came and picked this car up and then we picked it up again for the second time like uh 2 weeks after that. And then you got it back and then I we just recently picked it up maybe a month ago. And now we're picking it up again. >> Guns and dope? Starting to rain. I don't know if I'm going to bag that coat. Are you guys taking it or you want me to log it? Go in the hallway down there and put it on that scale. I'll go get it real quick. I'll go put it on the scale in there. >> More coke in the trunk. >> More? >> About another 100. >> Yeah. So, you want me to log all of this? Okay. you want me to log all of this? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> You want to take the computers? >> Yeah. >> All right. We can start loading. >> Yeah, I'm sure. >> You can take a seat. You can do whatever you need to. >> you do that? >> No. I No, cuz if I text them, they're going to have my number and then they're going to know. >> I can go back there. This is probably like the only way I can get it. >> I called it on a private number. Star 67, so >> Okay. She ain't going to bring that. >> I'm not going to call her with my number, man. Cuz they're going to text me and [ __ ] like that. >> No, she won't. She won't do that. >> Uh-huh. >> I appreciate you letting me know. >> I'll try not >> But, once you get in there, though, you'll have a chance to to call them again. >> Oh, yeah. I know the whole [ __ ] deal. >> Yeah. >> Fresh out of jail. What the [ __ ] is Keep [ __ ] up, you need to be in the back of the car. >> That's fine. I'm charged with uh concealing identity. And then >> probation violation, concealing identity. It's It's not going to be possession anymore. It's going to be trafficking. >> Trafficking? >> Uh >> The thing was in my possession? >> I think him was just going to be the probation violation. >> Huh? If that's his vehicle, everything in that vehicle If it's his vehicle, everything in that vehicle belongs to him, correct? >> But both of you guys were in the vehicle and and nobody wanted to admit to it, so >> So I'm just getting charged with it, not him? How does that make sense? >> So you're going to have it's the K9 officer who wrote it. So he's the one that >> I'm saying because I already talked to the supervisor because he should have arrested Tony for not having the firearm locked. >> You have every right to do that. >> So I'm getting hit with a second degree plus my PV >> and then concealing. >> Concealing a deadly Concealing a deadly weapon. So I ain't getting charged with the gun? >> Not right now. >> Why would I get charged with that at all? >> Cuz it was in the vehicle. >> But it's not my vehicle. Who knows >> You were driving it at the time. >> Tony could have Anybody could have had it. >> Yeah. All right then. So there's a copy you can read it. So it's it's the K9's officer's >> When can I talk to I want to talk to the supervisor. >> What's our supervisor? When when you get out of here. >> No no no, see I thought y'all said y'all can continue to the statement. >> Not right now. I said when you're done being ejected. >> Let me figure it out. Let's see what's going on first. >> The primary officer receives an A- minus. The stop, plain view seizure, custody transition, Miranda advisement, and probation coordination were all constitutionally sound. The deduction reflects the secondary officer's stated pre-Miranda interrogation intent, a procedural failure that directly threatens the admissibility of statements obtained in that window. Diego Valencia receives a D, a convicted felon operating a vehicle with a firearm in plain view in per se violation of federal and state law from the moment of the stop. Providing a false name added a standalone felony charge. Physical compliance once detained is the sole mitigating factor. Antonio Torres receives a D plus. On active probation, present in a vehicle containing a firearm and trafficking level narcotics, Torres voluntarily disclosed he knew the vehicle owner sold cocaine. Thereby supplying the knowledge element of constructive possession against himself. That single post-Miranda statement may prove the most consequential of the entire encounter. Five legal lessons from this encounter. First, any traffic violation authorizes detention expansion and ordering all occupants out of the vehicle. Second, contraband visible from a lawful position is sizable without a warrant. Third, presence in a vehicle containing illegal items can establish liability through constructive possession, vehicle ownership is irrelevant. Fourth, a false name to law enforcement is a separate felony, regardless of the underlying offense. Fifth, custodial interrogation without Miranda warnings renders resulting statements inadmissible. This is constitutional mandate, not procedural formality. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic that you would like us to discuss in the comments below. Thank you for watching.
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