Legal Opinion
State v. Gutierrez
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided October 27, 1967No. 35PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Judge.
Defendant appeals his conviction of burglary. He claims that he was denied his ■constitutional right to due process of law. He raises issues concerning: (1) the comments of the assistant district attorney in his jury argument, (2) a comment made to a juror during a recess and (3) the cumulative effect of points (1) and (2).
No record was made of the closing arguments. Apparently, an objection was made during the assistant district attorney’s argument. After the jury had retired to consider its verdict, an attempt was made to reconstruct for the record the comments to which…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Remmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Turner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by59 opinions
- State v. RuffinoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. VallejosNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1974
- State v. McFerranNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
- State v. MaesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
- Doe v. StateNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
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