State v. Ancheta
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Valencia County; ML C. Mechem, Judge. Amado Ancheta was convicted of. rape, and appeals. The verdiqt is founded on prejudice. The whole story is unreasonable. The court erred in admitting testimony concerning the attempt made by appellant to bribe two witnesses. The charge of rape is easily made and the court should carefully guard the rights of the state and the accused.
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Appeal from District Court, Valencia County; ML C. Mechem, Judge. Amado Ancheta was convicted of. rape, and appeals. The verdiqt is founded on prejudice. The whole story is unreasonable. The court erred in admitting testimony concerning the attempt made by appellant to bribe two witnesses. The charge of rape is easily made and the court should carefully guard the rights of the state and the accused. Hubert v. State, 104 N. W. (Neb.) 276. A witness for the state should not have been permitted to testify as to certain foot tracks, because he had no experience or knowledge which would enable him…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT.
HANNA, J.
(after stating the facts as above.)- — Although numerous errors were assigned, most of them have been waived, and we will consider those presented for our consideration in the order in which they are referred torn appellant’s brief; the first error being that there is not sufficient proof to sustain a verdict of guilty.
[1] This assignment .presents a double aspect,’ as argued by appellant; his first contention being that there is a total failure of proof as to practically all the material allegations of the indictment. Because of this assignment we have set out…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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