Legal Opinion
State v. Word
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided June 13, 1969No. 83PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HENDLEY, Judge.
Defendant appeals from a conviction of second degree murder.
On August 20, 1966 defendant was arrested for the murder of Julia Collum. During the morning of August 22 the police were advised by the district attorney’s office that there was not sufficient evidence to justify holding defendant on the murder charge. Shortly thereafter defendant was taken to municipal court and sentenced to three days in the city jail for prior traffic violations.
On August 22 and 23 defendant gave his first and second statements, which were exculpatory.
On August 24 defendant was taken from…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- State v. OrtegaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Pece v. CoxNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by30 opinions
- People v. HenenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. FerrariNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
- State v. LujanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. GallegosNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. HelkerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
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