Legal Opinion

Swope v. Cooksie

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided July 6, 1955No. 5959PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCULLOH, District Judge.

The Defendant-in-Error, hereafter called the Petitioner, was sentenced to serve a term in the. State Penitentiary for a period of three to five years on a conviction of grand larceny, on April 12, 1951, in the District Court of Dona Ana County. Thereafter, on February 9, 1953, he was conditionally released on parole. On August 4, 1953 he was convicted of the commission of a second crime, breaking and entering in the night time, in the District Court of Santa Fe County. The Court imposed a sentence for the second crime of not less than three years or not more than…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lerner v. Smith, WardenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  2. State v. DavissonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Ulrich v. O'GradyNebraska Supreme Court · 1939

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. MayberryNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. State v. DeatsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. State v. CrouchNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Deats v. StateNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
  5. State v. JensenNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1997

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