Legal Opinion
State v. Moreno
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1961No. 6875PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOBLE, Justice.
The defendant, Robert Moreno, was charged under § 54-5-14 and § 54-7-14 N.M.S.A. 1953 Comp, and tried before a jury on two counts: (1) illegal possession of marijuana, and (2) possession of marijuana with the intent unlawfully to sell and deliver it.
The trial court instructed the jury that it could find the defendant guilty of only one of the counts; they were to consider initially count (2) and only if they found him innocent of that charge could they consider count (1). The jury returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty of the second count — possession with intent to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sapir v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- People of the State of New York v. . DowlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- State v. HickenbottomWyoming Supreme Court · 1947
- Jolly v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- State v. RomeroNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1969
- People v. BrownAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- State v. MedinaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
- Sosa v. MaxwellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
- Johnnie Marie Sumpter v. James Degroote, Sheriff of Vanderburgh County, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
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