Legal Opinion
State v. Augustus
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided October 20, 1981No. 5387PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Acting Chief Judge.
Defendant appeals his jail sentence entered following a plea-bargain agreement. Defendant alleges that the jail sentence, under the circumstances of his case, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article II, § 13 of the New Mexico Constitution, N.M.S.A.1978 (1981 Cum.Supp.). We construe both of these provisions identically and affirm.
Defendant was charged with two counts of indirect criminal contempt. See §§ 34-1-2 and 34-1-4, N.M.S.A.1978 (1981 Repl.Pamph.). In a separate…
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- State v. SanchezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. ArchibequeNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
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3Cited by27 opinions
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