Legal Opinion
State v. Montler
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1973No. 9617PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McMANUS, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 93 (§ 21-1-1(93), N.M.S.A.1953). Movant sought relief in the District Court of McKinley County from a sentence of “not less than one year” imposed upon him in 1962 as a result of his plea of guilty to the charge of sodomy. He complains that at that time his waiver of his right to counsel and his plea of guilty were negated by the fact that he was not informed of the maximum possible sentence for sodomy. This Court has construed the phrase “not less than…
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