Legal Opinion
State v. Clark
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1989No. 17265PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCARBOROUGH, Justice.
Terry D. Clark (Clark) pled guilty to the kidnapping and murder in the first degree of Dena Lynn Gore. He was sentenced to death for the murder and twenty-six years imprisonment for the kidnapping. This appeal follows. We affirm Clark’s convictions and the imposition of the death penalty-
We discuss: (1) denial of Clark’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea; (2) the trial court’s decision to delay imposing the non-capital portion of Clark’s sentence until after the jury deliberations in the capital sentencing proceeding; (3) cross-examination and jury arguments of…
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