Legal Opinion
State v. Fuentes
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 5, 1960No. 6550PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARMODY, Justice.
In State v. Fuentes, 1959, 66 N.M. 52, 342 P.2d 1080, we remanded the case to the trial court to permit the filing of a motion for a new trial. This appeal follows the denial of such motion.
Hearing was held in the district court in accordance with our direction, and the testimony of one witness was received. The witness, one Joseph Points, had been the only witness at the original trial whose testimony linked Fuentes with the commission of the crime charged. Incidentally, Points at the time of the hearing on the motion was and is now in the penitentiary under a jail breaking…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1914
- State v. GreenoMontana Supreme Court · 1959
- Key v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1956
- Pettine v. Territory of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
- State v. ArmijoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1931
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State v. MabryNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
- State v. VolpatoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
- State v. RamirezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. GomezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1965
- State v. StephensNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
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