Legal Opinion
Cockrell v. Cockrell
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1994No. 21529PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANSOM, Justice.
We issued a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to address whether failure to make a timely request for findings of fact and conclusions of law alone precludes review by an appellate court of the sufficiency of the evidence in support of a finding made by the trial court. Although we affirm the Court of Appeals under the facts of this case, we take this opportunity to clarify that a request for findings is not the only means of preserving error based upon insufficiency of the evidence to support a judgment.
Factual and procedural history. In March 1992, Betty L.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Sais v. City Electric Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1920
- Wagner Land and Investment Co. v. HaldermanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1972
- Martinez v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1984
- Guidry v. Petty Concrete CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- State v. ArmijoNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1994
- Credit Institute v. Veterinary Nutrition Corp.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2002
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