Legal Opinion
State v. Gardner
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 23, 1973No. 9390PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAMPOS, District Judge.
The defendant at trial, appellant here, was charged by indictment with the crime of murder. She was accused of murdering her husband Neal Gardner. She went to trial on a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of first degree murder. She has appealed here. We affirm.
The facts preceding and surrounding the homicide are relatively simple and clear. There are no significant contradictions in any of these.
About 1:00 p. m. the day of the homicide appellant purchased a 357 Magnum pistol at the Seven Idols Gun Shop in Albuquerque.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- State v. RoyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1936
- State v. OrtegaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. MooreNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1938
- State v. WhiteNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1954
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State v. BellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. LunaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. RotherhamNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1996
- State v. BoyettNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2008
- State v. VenegasNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
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