Legal Opinion
State v. Baca
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 1992No. 19366PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FROST, Justice.
The State alleged that on June 22, 1989, Anthony Ray Baca and Robert Gutierrez murdered their fellow inmate Luis Valasquez. The State’s witnesses testified that Baca and Gutierrez waited for Valasquez in a corridor near the control room at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe. Correctional officers testified that they heard the sound of people running and saw Baca hit Valasquez with a shank (a crude jail-made knife) and saw Gutierrez kick Valasquez. Valasquez died from the wounds inflicted by Baca.
The jury acquitted Gutierrez of all charges but convicted Baca of…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- United States v. Arthur Ronald Crittendon A/K/A Jabbar Muwakkil RagibCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- People v. LynchIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
- United States v. Leonard D. SingletonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. James H. BurksCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Jesse Joseph Trujillo v. George E. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. AdjutantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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- State v. FishCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2009
- State v. BacaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1993
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