Legal Opinion
State v. McGuire
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1990No. 17854PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
Travis McGuire was convicted of first-degree kidnapping, second-degree criminal sexual penetration, and willful and deliberate first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of Jena Marie Repp from Albuquerque on December 6, 1985. The jury imposed a life sentence for the capital offense, despite finding the existence of two aggravating circumstances: that the murder took place during the course of a kidnapping, and that it was motivated by an intent to eliminate a witness. Additionally, the trial court imposed the basic sentences for the collateral, noncapital…
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