State v. Sanchez
New Mexico Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SOSA, Chief Justice.
Defendant-appellant, Toby Sanchez (Sanchez), appeals his conviction for first-degree murder. During the evening of May 26/27, 1987, in Watrous, Sanchez killed Robert Vigil by cutting Vigil’s throat several times while he lay sleeping in a state of alcoholic intoxication. Sanchez and Vigil had been together at the home of another man, where several people had been drinking heavily. Sanchez was on probation for the commission of burglary and larceny. As a condition of probation Sanchez was not permitted to drink alcoholic beverages, but he did so and progressively…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. ClarkNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
- State v. SparksNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. AullNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- State v. MendozaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
- State v. FloresNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. JettNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. EskridgeNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1997
- State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2003
- State v. LujanNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1991
- State v. JaramilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2004
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