Legal Opinion
State of New Mexico Ex Rel. Serna v. Hodges
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1976No. 10187, 10194PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEPHENSON, Justice.
These consolidated cases raise the question whether the New Mexico death penalty statute, § 40A-29-2, N.M.S.A.1953 (Supp.1975) 1 is unconstitutional under the eighth or fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States or under Article II, § 13 or 18 of the Constitution of New Mexico.
On September 11, 1974, the respondent, in State v. Edington, Criminal No. 1086 (Sixth Judicial Dist., Hidalgo County, N. M.), 2 held by memorandum opinion that “Section 40A-29-2 is unconstitutional under the decision of Furman v. Georgia/’ 3 that the law prior to 1973 4…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- In Re KemmlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by33 opinions
- State v. RamseurSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- State v. GomezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
- State v. NunezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
- New Mexico Right to Choose/NARAL v. JohnsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
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