on the circumstances is to prevent and invalidate police conduct based on hunches, which are, by definition, subjective.” State v. Ochoa, 2009-NMCA-002, ¶ 25, 146 N.M. 32, 206 P.3d 143 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Accordingly, “[t]he subjective belief of the officer does not in itself affect the validity of the stop.” Hubble, 2009-NMSC-014, ¶ 8 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). 1. The investigatory stop was objectively reasonable {21} Defendant understandably does not argue that a stop based solely on an MVD database report of a “suspended” compliance status would have been invalid given the statutory requirement to maintain evidence of insurance or financial responsibility. See State v. Candelaria, 2011-NMCA-001, ¶¶ 1, 16, 149 N.M. 125, 245 P.3d 69 (<HOLDING>). Conversely, a return of “active” without any
holding that officer had reasonable suspicion to stop a vehicle when confidential informant personally observed the vehicle provided a description of the vehicle and its direction detailed the basis for her suspicion that the vehicle was engaged in illegal activity and had previously given reliable information that led to the successful apprehension of individuals engaged in various criminal activity holding that a conclusion that reasonable suspicion supported the stop of a vehicle was subsumed within the trial courts ruling that the officer had probable cause for the stop holding a stop was effected where officers vehicle blocked defendants vehicle from proceeding holding that the stop of defendants vehicle was unlawful where officers stopped the vehicle to check the license and registration but had observed no suspicious activity holding that officers had reasonable suspicion to conduct a vehicle stop where official license and registration records reflected that the vehicle was registered to a driver with a revoked license