Legal Opinion
State v. Plant
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided September 26, 1973No. 1183PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
The dispositive issue is whether the written statement of Plant was properly admitted into evidence over his objection. Plant claims the statement should not have been admitted because of a prior representation to the court concerning the use of the statement.
Mary Franson was murdered during the burglary of her residence. Plant gave a written statement concerning these crimes after being promised that he would not be charged with murder if he did not “actually kill” Mary Franson. This promise was not kept. Plant sought to compel dismissal of the murder charge in a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sinclair v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
- State v. CochranSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
- State v. VigilNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
- State Ex Rel. Plant v. SceresseNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1972
- Southern Union Gas Co. v. CantrellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1953
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Hammers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- State v. GabaldonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. GallegosNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
- Campos v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. TrammelNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983
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