Legal Opinion
State v. Stephens
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 28, 1982No. 14076PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FEDERICI, Justice.
This is an appeal from the Santa Fe County District Court’s denial of appellants’ Michael Colby (Colby) and William Stephens (Stephens) motion for postconviction relief. Both defendants were incarcerated as inmates at the State Penitentiary at Santa Fe, when the alleged crime in this case occurred. Colby and Stephens were convicted of the first-degree baseball bat-beating death of a fellow inmate, Bert Duane Stevens (Stevens). The homicide occurred in the prison weightlifting room on April 15, 1978. This Court affirmed Colby and Stephens’ first degree homicide…
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