Legal Opinion
State v. Paiz
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 2011No. 31,409PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAES, Justice.
{1} In this appeal we address when improper joinder and a motion to sever are appropriate and whether improper joinder is subject to a harmless error analysis. Defendant, Victor Paiz, appeals his convictions for first degree murder, shooting at a motor vehicle causing great bodily harm, two counts of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, and drug trafficking by possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. Defendant claims that the State violated Rule 5-203(A) NMRA, when it joined the unrelated drug trafficking count with the…
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- United States v. LotschCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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