Legal Opinion
State v. Balderama
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 1, 2004No. 27,225PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} Having granted the State’s motion for rehearing in this case, we withdraw the opinion filed June 11, 2003 and substitute the following in its place.
{2} Defendant, Valente Balderama, appeals his conviction of first-degree deliberate-intent murder. See NMSA1978, § 30-2-1(A) (1994). Defendant admitted at trial that he killed Victim, but argued that he did not form the deliberate intent to kill her. He raises two issues on appeal. First, he argues the trial court committed reversible error when it sua sponte excluded the expert testimony of Defendant’s sole witness, a…
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