Legal Opinion

State v. Medina

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided April 2, 1975No. 1707PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted in the District Court of “distribution of a small amount of marijuana for no remuneration.” Section 54-11-22(C), N.M.S.A.1953, (Repl.Vol. 8, pt. 2, Supp.1973). He had been previously convicted in Magistrate Court of illegal possession of marijuana of less than one ounce. Section 54-11-23, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 8, pt. 2, Supp.1973). Both charges grew out of the same events; the two criminal prosecutions were instituted at the same time and have consecutive criminal complaint numbers. The dispositive issue is whether the distributing…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. State v. BirckheadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  2. Carl S. Kelly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
  3. State v. McHorseNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
  4. State v. TrujilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
  5. Commonwealth v. MahoneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Swafford v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
  2. State v. CreasonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  3. State v. TantonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1975
  4. State v. JohnsonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. State v. CastrilloNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977

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