State v. Martinez

SADLER, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced accordingly, from which judgment and sentence he prosecutes this appeal.

In the early morning hours of February 12, 1948, about 1:30 o’clock, Robert Buck, the deceased, accompanied by two companions, Quinten Hulse and Charles Holman, •27, 22 and 20 years of age, respectively, entered the bar owned and conducted by the defendant, Ben Martinez, in the Village of Bayard in Grant County, New Mexico, for the purpose of ordering drinks. Upon entering the bar they found it somewhat crowded by patrons approximately…