Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 24, 2009No. 31,215PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Chief Justice.
{1} After allegedly striking three private security guards while visiting Gallup High School, Defendant Derrick Johnson was charged with three counts of battery on school personnel, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-3-9(E) (1989), which prohibits battery upon “school employee[s].” The district court dismissed the charges, concluding that because the security guards were providing contractual services at the high school, they were not “school employees” as defined in Section 30-3-9(A)(2). The State appealed.
{2} The sole issue we must decide in this case is whether…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gooch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- State v. OgdenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. LuceroNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2007
- State v. PowellNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1992
- State v. SmithNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2008
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