Legal Opinion
State v. Hardison
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 27, 1970No. 415PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Judge.
Defendants were convicted of violating § 40A-16-1, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 6). The 1969 amendment to this section is not applicable. Their crime was stealing insulated copper wire strung between poles north of and parallel to railroad tracks and used by the railroad for signaling. Their appeal raises three issues: (1) sufficiency of the circumstantial evidence; (2) identification of an exhibit; and (3) relevancy and materiality of another exhibit.
Circumstantial evidence.
Defendants were convicted on circumstantial evidence. To support a conviction, circumstantial evidence “…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. EverittNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
- Robert Clyde Sanders v. United States of America, Joe Starr Gullahorn, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
- State v. GrayNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
- State v. RodriguezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1917
- State v. EasterwoodNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. AustinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- State v. PayneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
- State v. DobbsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983
- State v. AndradaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
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