Legal Opinion
Morales v. Cox
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 1965No. 7965PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
The petitioner was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced November 7, 1957 to imprisonment for a term of not less than three nor more than ninety-nine years. He has brought original habeas corpus in the Supreme Court asserting that his Fourteenth Amendment rights have been violated by reason of a denial of his right of appeal from the murder conviction.
Because of indigency, James F. Warden and John B. Walker were appointed to represent him in the district court where he was convicted of second degree murder by a jury of Eddy County, New Mexico. John B. Walker testified in this…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Hardy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Norvell v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Aubrey Pate v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. GortonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
- State v. RainesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1967
- State v. HansenNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
- Jackson v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1966
- Barela v. StateNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
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