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Buzbee v. Donnelly

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided September 25, 1981No. 13783, 13789PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EASLEY, Chief Justice.

Decisions in five cases that came to us on interlocutory appeals and prerogative writs are consolidated in this opinion. Eight defendants are charged with ten counts of first-degree murder that occurred during the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot of February 1980, in which a total of thirty-three persons were killed.

In all cases, the defendants moved to dismiss the indictments, claiming that the prosecutors knowingly withheld exculpatory evidence from the grand jury, in violation of Section 31-6-ll(B), N.M.S.A.1978 (Cum.Supp.1980). The trial courts in all cases…

2Cases cited84 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  5. Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by87 opinions

  1. State v. OrtegaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Folz v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1990
  3. State v. GuerraNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2012
  4. State v. BacaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Lay v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1994

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