Legal Opinion

State v. McKnight

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided July 13, 1915No. 1735Published

Appeal from' District Court, ’ Cbaves County; McClure, Judge. Frank McKnight was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and ¿ppeals. Affirmed, and rehearing denied. As to hearsay evidence. 1 Greenleaf Ev., 16th Ed, 99; 1 Phillips Ev. (1st Am. Ed. Crown & Hill Notes), 169; Morrell v. Morrell, 60 N. E. 1092; Ho'pt v. People, 110 H. S. 574; 1 Starlet Ev. 229. Canse should be reversed because of admission of irrelevant testimony.

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Appeal from' District Court, ’ Cbaves County; McClure, Judge. Frank McKnight was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and ¿ppeals. Affirmed, and rehearing denied. As to hearsay evidence. 1 Greenleaf Ev., 16th Ed, 99; 1 Phillips Ev. (1st Am. Ed. Crown & Hill Notes), 169; Morrell v. Morrell, 60 N. E. 1092; Ho'pt v. People, 110 H. S. 574; 1 Starlet Ev. 229. Canse should be reversed because of admission of irrelevant testimony. Wilson v. State, 29 So. 569; Deal v. State, 34 So. 23; Smitherman v. State, 49 Ala. 355; Billings v. State, 52 Ark. 303; People v. Ching Hing Chang, 74 Cal. 398, 16 Pac.…

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ÓN MOTION POR RE-HEARING.

HANNA, J.

— [11] The first proposition urged by appellant in his motion for rehearing is that certain questions, decisive of the cause, and duly submitted to the court for consideration, were not considered by it. These questions have to with certain instructions given by the court, which, it is urged, there was insufficient evidence to support, or which were not correct statements of the law applicable to the case. The matters involved were not overlooked by this court, but in our opinion we held that the several assignments of error referred to were not available…

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