Legal Opinion
State v. Parish
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided July 11, 1994No. 21182PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FROST, Justice.
During a violent encounter with local residents, Carl Parish, a visitor to Taos, New Mexico from out of state, shot and killed one of his assailants. We reverse his conviction for voluntary manslaughter and remand for a new trial. Though numerous issues were raised on appeal, we base our decision on two errors in the jury instructions given by the trial court: 1) the jury instructions did not instruct the jury that they must decide whether the killing was unlawful when a claim of self-defense is raised; and 2) the instructions failed to explicitly place the burden upon…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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