Legal Opinion
State v. Hoeffel
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided June 4, 1991No. 12422PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARTZ, Judge.
Defendant appeals from his conviction of embezzling from his landlady furniture of a value in excess of $250. He claims that (1) the district court erred in excluding evidence relating to prior civil litigation between defendant and his landlady and (2) the verdict must be reversed because of insufficient proof of the value of the furniture and of his criminal intent. We affirm. EVIDENCE OF THE CIVIL SUIT
The allegation that defendant had appropriated furniture from the house he was renting from his landlady was aired in civil litigation predating defendant’s criminal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Heath v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. SutphinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. DayNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
- Lodowski v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Pope v. Gap, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1998
- State v. GardnerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1998
- In Re Estate of MaskMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
- State v. PisioNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1994
- Reed v. State Ex Rel. OrtizNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
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