Legal Opinion
State v. Linam
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided January 11, 1979No. 11816PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASLEY, Justice.
After the defendant was convicted on two counts of forgery, the State filed a supplemental information charging him as an habitual offender. A jury found him to be the same person who was convicted of the forgeries and of three previous felonies. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and appeals.
Three issues are raised:
1. Whether the admission into evidence of photographic and fingerprint identification records from the State Penitentiary was in violation on the Hearsay Rule, N.M. R.Evid. 802, N.M.S.A. 1978 (Formerly § 20-4-802, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Supp. 1975)), and of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Gryger v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Joyner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1947
- Pearson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- French v. CoxNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
- State v. JohnsonWashington Supreme Court · 1938
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3Cited by59 opinions
- State v. DedmanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2004
- State v. AnayaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1996
- State v. HaddenhamNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1990
- Anchondo v. Corrections DepartmentNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
- Harry E. Linam v. M. Jerry Griffin, Warden, New Mexico State Penitentiary, and Attorney General of the State of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
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