State v. Trujillo
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Colfax County; Leib, Judge. Sotero Trujillo was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
PARKER, J.
Appellant was indicted for the murder of one Luke Casamoff, was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to a term of from nine to ten years in the state penitentiary. The case is here on appeal from that judgment.
The facts immediately surrounding the homicide are only circumstantially shown, there being no eyewitness to the tragedy. The deceased was found in the afternoon of the 21st of December, 1919, in his room at the side of a cot or bed with his head crushed in on the left side by a blow received from a heavy instrument. An ax…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. SmithNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1921
- State v. GruginSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- State v. BuffingtonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
- State v. DickensNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1917
3Cited by29 opinions
- State v. RamirezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. MooreNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1938
- State v. McCraryNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1984
- Smith v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. BoeglinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1987
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