Legal Opinion
State v. Crump
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1981No. 13693PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASLEY, Chief Justice.
Defendant Thomas Crump was convicted of first-degree murder of his wife and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed the decision to this Court. We affirm.
The only issue raised on appeal is whether Crump was denied his right to a fair trial when the trial court suggested, outside the presence of the jury, that the ballistics expert needed to explain the meaning of certain technical terms to the jury and then permitted the State to reopen its case to examine the expert in order to clarify those terms.
At trial, the ballistics expert said that he had examined…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- United States v. George Gordon Liddy, A/K/A George F. LeonardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- United States v. BrandtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- State v. SedilloNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Vigil v. JohnsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1955
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. BarraganNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2001
- State v. RodriguezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1988
- Crownover v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. PaizNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1999
- State v. StallingsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
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