Legal Opinion
State v. Garcia
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 20, 1956No. 6059PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGHEE, Justice.
The appellant (hereinafter called defendant) was convicted of murder in the second degree for the killing of his first cousin, Leopoldo Adolfo Garcia, following a Saturday night carousal in Española, New Mexico, and vicinity.
On Saturday night, June 12, 1954, the defendant, together with the state’s principal witness, Gerson Amos Lucero, a minor, and in company with two young girls (one a niece of the defendant), went to a dance in Pojaque, New Mexico. Before going to the dance the deceased was with the party at his home. He rode with the group to Española where he got out of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Oliver v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- State v. HortonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
- State v. OchoaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1956
3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. DuranNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1974
- State v. JustusNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1959
- Pueblo v. Figueroa GuzmánSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1958
- People v. Figueroa GuzmánSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1958
- State v. HermosilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
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