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State v. Welch

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided September 29, 1933No. 3808PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree for the killing of Rufe Dunnahoo. The 'trial occurred in Eddy county on change of venue from Chaves county. The information was in three counts, charging, respectively, the two degrees of murder and voluntary manslaughter.

The deceased was a deputy sheriff. Accompanied by Sheriff Peck and Deputy Herbst, he was engaged in investigating the supposed larceny of certain parts or accessories of an automobile which had recently been substantially destroyed by fire and left near the highway. The homicide occurred while the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. People v. HubbardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923
  2. State v. SmithNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Lewis v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
  4. State v. BaileyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1921
  5. State v. KileNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1923

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. NelsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1959
  2. State v. BristolWyoming Supreme Court · 1938
  3. State v. ReedNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1934
  4. State v. SmithNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985

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