Legal Opinion
State v. Contreras
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 16, 1995No. 21455PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
Michael Contreras was convicted on one count of felony murder under NMSA 1978, Section 30-2-l(A)(2) (Repl.Pamp.1994), one count of armed robbery under NMSA 1978, Section 30-16-2 (Repl.Pamp.1994), one count of tampering with evidence under NMSA 1978, Section 30-22-5 (Repl.Pamp.1994), and one count of unlawful taking of a vehicle under NMSA 1978, Section 66-3-504 (Repl. Pamp.1994). The trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment for the felony murder conviction, nine years for the armed robbery conviction to run consecutively to the life term, and eighteen months each…
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