Legal Opinion
State v. Romero
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 23, 1938No. 4355PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUDSPETH,. Chief Justice.
The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree and appeals. The sole question for review is the alleged error in overruling the motion for new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.
On the 24th of October, 1936, Ella Mae Shreave, wife of Robert L. Shreavé, was killed at a log cabin in Mills Canyon, Socorro county. Her skull was fractured in two .places, throat cut, her shoulder gashed, and her body bruised in several places. The body was dragged from a door of the cabin to a pit about 75 feet from the cabin and covered with stones, where it was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State v. BlancettNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1918
- State v. GoldbergerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- State v. GravesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1915
- Smith v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1930
- Mayor of Liberty v. BurnsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1942
- State v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. GriffinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- Long v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943
- State v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2005
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