Legal Opinion
State v. Coates
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 1967No. 8313PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION: HENSLEY, Jr., Chief Judge, Court of Appeals... This appeal is from an order denying a motion to vacate a judgment and sentence .previously imposed. The motion had been filed pursuant to § 21-1-1(93), N.M.S.A. 1953.
In 1955, the appellant was charged with being an habitual criminal. The information charged the appellant with having committed one burglary in California, one robbery in Washington, one burglary in Washington, and one burglary in New Mexico. Following a plea of guilty the appellant was sentenced to confinement for the remainder of his natural life. In 1966, the appellant…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Moore v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- State v. DalrympleNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. GilbertNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- State v. SimienNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. HamiltonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
- State v. LopezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- Burton v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1971
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