State v. Melton

OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

Defendant appeals his convictions of two counts of receiving stolen property valued over one hundred dollars contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-16-11 (Repl.Pamp. 1984). He claims the trial court erred: (1) in refusing to grant a new trial based on jury misconduct in considering dictionary definitions; and (2) in denying admission into evidence a taped conversation between defendant and a witness, and in denying defendant the opportunity to call that witness as part of the defendant’s case in chief. Finding no error in the court’s rulings, we affirm.

This appeal raises a…