Legal Opinion

State v. Peke

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided March 1, 1962No. 6827PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARMODY, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of embezzlement, and this appeal follows.

The questions raised have to do with (1) the propriety of an amendment to the information; (2) the proof as to entrustment; (3) a claimed variance between the allegations and the proof; (4) alleged failure of proof as to certain counts of the information; (5) the competency of evidence of a claimed collateral offense; (6) an attack on the testimony of an accountant; and (7) a challenge as to certain jury instructions.

The facts are extremely complicated; but in order to avoid any more detailed discussion under…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. State v. BickfordNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1913
  2. State v. PrinceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1948
  3. State v. WetzelWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  4. People v. RowlandCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1909
  5. State v. QuintanaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. In Re William Wallace, Debtor. Mark Klemens v. William WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  2. State v. RowellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
  3. State v. HarrisNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. State v. MossNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
  5. State v. GuruleNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977

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