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State v. Contempts of Wisniewski

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided September 3, 1985No. 15354PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SOSA, Senior Justice.

After a criminal trial wherein the defendant was acquitted of assault and battery charges, the district court ordered district attorneys Michael McCormick and Ronald Walker and police officers Stephen Wisniewski and Chris Wyatt to show cause why they should not be held in contempt. This action came as a result of an asserted negligent failure to comply with the version of NMSA 1978, Crim.P.Rule 27 (Repl. Pamp.1980) then in effect, as well as negligent failure to comply with a discovery order issued by the court. At the conclusion of the show cause hearing, the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
  4. William B. Barbee v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
  5. United States v. Robert E. Deutsch and Alan BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. HernandezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Case v. HatchNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Mathis v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Spear v. McDermottNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. State v. CherryhomesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1992

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