Legal Opinion
State v. Padilla
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1959No. 6506PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARMODY, Justice.
The defendant was found guilty of first degree murder, of having carnal knowledge of a child under the age of ten years, and of kidnapping. The jury not having specified life imprisonment, he was sentenced to death by execution, and it is from this judgment that he appeals.
The circumstances of the offense are not actually material as to this appeal and will be mentioned only briefly for the purpose of clarity.
The defendant is a Spanish-American who speaks and understands English fairly well but normally converses in Spanish. He was twenty-five years of age on October 6, 1957,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- State v. RoyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1936
- Hopt v. PeopleSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- State v. GreenUtah Supreme Court · 1931
- Ingles v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1933
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3Cited by102 opinions
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. Archie W. BrawnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- State v. HallTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
- Vincent E. Jenkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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