Legal Opinion
State v. Woodward
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1983No. 7362PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DONNELLY, Judge.
May an individual be criminally prosecuted for the improper removal of encumbered property contrary to NMSA 1978, § 30-16-18, where the document creating the alleged encumbrance fails to detail the property involved? The answer to the question posed involves an admixture of both our criminal statutes and provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.
In January 1982, the defendant, Betty Woodward, purchased a mobile home from H.G. Fairchild and Jacqualynn Fairchild, in Roswell. The sale price of the mobile home was $25,000. Defendant was to pay $7,000 as a down payment and…
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