Legal Opinion
Sanchez v. Attorney General
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided June 26, 1979No. 3963PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Does a district court have authority to compel handwriting exemplars from a person who has not been charged with a crime, has not been arrested and has not been directed to appear before an investigative agency pursuant to statutory authority? In answering this question in the negative, we (1) outline concepts on which our answer is not based, and (2) discuss the authority of a district court.
An investigator for the Attorney General filed a document in district court entitled affidavit and motion for order for handwriting exemplars. This document recited that: 1.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. DionisioSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. MaraSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Heckathorn v. HeckathornNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- State v. VaughnNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. MuiseNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
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- State v. LarsonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1988
- In Re Handwriting Exemplar of CasaleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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