Legal Opinion

State v. Sanchez

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided June 11, 2015No. 35,283; Docket No. 32,664PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HANISEE, Judge.

{1} Convicted ofmurder in the second degree and third-degree tampering with evidence, Defendant Matthew Sanchez asserts three points of appeal: (1) the district court committed reversible error by allowing the State to question a witness regarding a prior act of Defendant that led to an unrelated assault charge, (2) insufficient evidence existed to support his conviction for tampering with evidence, and (3) the district court’s entry of conviction for third-degree tampering with evidence constituted fundamental error. We determine that Defendant’s own areas of trial…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. State v. SutphinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
  3. State v. FranklinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
  4. State v. BoyerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
  5. State v. DuranNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2006

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. RadosevichNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2016
  2. State v. FeurtadoNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2018
  3. State v. SarabiaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2016

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