Legal Opinion
State v. Armstrong
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 1956No. 6037PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COMPTON, Chief Justice.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of Hidalgo County of the crime of voluntary manslaughter in the unlawful killing of Ruby Cardenas, and he appeals.
It is first argued that there was no proof of the corpus delicti. This argument must be rejected. In homicide cases the corpus delicti is established upon proof of the death of the person charged in the information or indictment, and that the death was caused by the criminal act or agency of another. State v. Griego, 61 N.M. 42, 294 P.2d 282; State v. Lindemuth, 56 N.M. 257, 243 P.2d 325; State v. Dena, 28 N.M. 479, 214 P.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Kugadt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898
- Commonwealth v. KalckSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- People v. RoperNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- State v. LindemuthNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
- Commonwealth of Penna. v. BeattieSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. BellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. PaceNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
- State v. SosaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2000
- State v. ShayNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2004
- State v. WilsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2010
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