Legal Opinion

State v. Wise

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 1954No. 5726PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COMPTON, Justice.

Appellants were convicted in Lea County of the crime of breaking and entering a store in Hobbs, New Mexico, in the nighttime with the intent to commit larceny, and they appeal from the judgment and sentence.

Having crashed the plate glass window of the store, appellants were in the act of loading a safe, which they had taken 'therefrom, into an automobile, when their plans became frustrated by the approach of peace officers. They fled east from the scene, with local officers in pursuit. Shortly thereafter, they were apprehended in Texas by New Mexico officers and immediately…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Mahon v. JusticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  4. Cook v. HartSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Ker v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Benally. v. MarcumNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1976
  3. State v. BarrerasNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1958
  4. State v. CochranNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
  5. State v. SedilloNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968

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