Legal Opinion

State v. Sena

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided May 25, 2018No. A-1-CA-34674PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VARGAS, Judge.

*1243{1} A jury convicted Defendant Richard Sena of criminal sexual penetration (CSP), kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated burglary, and criminal sexual contact (CSC). Defendant was sentenced to a term of forty years and six months. He appeals his conviction, alleging five separate assertions of error. First, Defendant claims the district court erred in failing to grant a mistrial following the State's comments during closing arguments about Defendant's demeanor during the testimony of Victim. Defendant next alleges that the district court failed to properly instruct the jury on…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Taylor v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Swafford v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
  4. State v. CunninghamNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Pope v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1986

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. SenaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2020
  2. State v. ComitzNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2019
  3. State v. ComitzNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2019
  4. State v. ReedNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2021
  5. State v. KnightNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2019

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