Legal Opinion

State v. Taylor

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided June 13, 1985No. 8135PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

„ OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

This court granted defendant’s application for an interlocutory appeal raising two issues:

1. Was defendant denied his constitutional right to be confronted with the witnesses against him when he was excluded from a competency hearing conducted by a magistrate during preliminary examination, and when his counsel was restricted to submitting written questions; and

2. Was the hearsay statement of the incompetent witness, here a three-year-old, offered through the parents admissible, and if so, did this nevertheless deny defendant his constitutional right of confrontation?

Def…

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2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. State v. RyanWashington Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. TrujilloNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2002
  2. State v. CoffinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. D.R.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
  4. John Doe, Cross-Appellants v. United States of America, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  5. Camino Real Mobile Home Park Partnership v. WolfeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995

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