Legal Opinion
State v. Knight
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 1965No. 7628PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWIN L. SWOPE, District Judge.
Appellant appeals from a sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon him pursuant to the provisions of the Habitual Criminal Act, Sections 40A-29-5 to 8, N.M.S.A. 1953. He contends that the sentence is invalid for the reasons that he was not given a preliminary hearing on the habitual criminal charges nor formally arraigned; that he was not informed of his rights by the court as required by the Act; and that only two of the alleged four prior convictions charged in the habitual criminal information support an increased penalty.
Appellant was originally charged in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- People v. GowaskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- People v. BrownMichigan Supreme Court · 1931
- French v. CoxNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
- The United States of America v. Waddell ScalesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Filimon Castillo Perez v. George E. Sullivan, Warden, and Attorney General, State of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- State v. HarrisNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1984
- State v. WilsonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1993
- State v. LujanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. MadridNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
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