State v. Johnson

287 P.2d 247 (1955)

60 N.M. 57

STATE of New Mexico, Appellee,

v.

L. H. JOHNSON, alIas, Bill Johnson, Appellant.

No. 5869.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 12, 1955.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1955.

Lewis C. Kimmel, Roswell, Lon P. Watkins, Carlsbad, on rehearing only, for appellant.

Richard H. Robinson, Atty. Gen., J.A. Smith and C.C. McCulloh, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

The initial opinion filed herein having heretofore been withdrawn by order of the Court, the following is substituted therefor.

Appellant was convicted by a jury in Eddy County of the crime of grand…