State v. McKnight
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from' District Court, ’ Cbaves County; McClure, Judge. Frank McKnight was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and ¿ppeals. Affirmed, and rehearing denied. As to hearsay evidence. 1 Greenleaf Ev., 16th Ed, 99; 1 Phillips Ev. (1st Am. Ed. Crown & Hill Notes), 169; Morrell v. Morrell, 60 N. E. 1092; Ho'pt v. People, 110 H. S. 574; 1 Starlet Ev. 229. Canse should be reversed because of admission of irrelevant testimony.
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Appeal from' District Court, ’ Cbaves County; McClure, Judge. Frank McKnight was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and ¿ppeals. Affirmed, and rehearing denied. As to hearsay evidence. 1 Greenleaf Ev., 16th Ed, 99; 1 Phillips Ev. (1st Am. Ed. Crown & Hill Notes), 169; Morrell v. Morrell, 60 N. E. 1092; Ho'pt v. People, 110 H. S. 574; 1 Starlet Ev. 229. Canse should be reversed because of admission of irrelevant testimony. Wilson v. State, 29 So. 569; Deal v. State, 34 So. 23; Smitherman v. State, 49 Ala. 355; Billings v. State, 52 Ark. 303; People v. Ching Hing Chang, 74 Cal. 398, 16 Pac.…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT.
HANNA, J.
(after stating the facts as above.)—It is conceded that the first four assignments of error are not available on this appeal because they affect, primarily, the co-defendant, Mary McKnight, who was acquitted by the verdict of the trial jury.
[1] The fifth assignment of error presents for the consideration of this court the ruling of the trial court admitting in evidence the testimony of the witness Eva Harrington, while testifying as a witness for the state, relative to an alleged conversation with the wife of appellant, wherein Mrs. McKnight is alleged to have…
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