Legal Opinion

Territory of New Mexico v. Pettine

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided February 1, 1911No. 1306Published

Appeal from the District Court for Bernalillo County, before Ira A. Abbott, Associate Justice. Instruction as to various degrees of murder. C. L. 1897, .secs. 1064, 1065, 1070; Whart. Horn., sec. 159; Sanders v. State, 41 Tex. 206; Connor v. State, 23 Tex. App. 378; Sidberry v. State, 135 Ind. 690; Griggs v. IT.

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Appeal from the District Court for Bernalillo County, before Ira A. Abbott, Associate Justice. Instruction as to various degrees of murder. C. L. 1897, .secs. 1064, 1065, 1070; Whart. Horn., sec. 159; Sanders v. State, 41 Tex. 206; Connor v. State, 23 Tex. App. 378; Sidberry v. State, 135 Ind. 690; Griggs v. IT. S., 158 Fed. 578; 38 Minn. 439; 62 Mich 329; 25 Oregon 241. Self-defense. 3 Wharton’s Horn. 473, note 1; Carnes v. Com., 87 S. W. 1123; State v. Hudspeth, 150 Mo. 12; Arnold v. Com., 51 S. W. 483; State v. Ballou, 20 R. I. 607; People v. Lynch, 101 Cal. 229; Clay v. State, 44 Tex. Cr.…

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OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

WRIGHT, J.

The original opinion in this case was handed down at the January sitting of this court. Motion for rehearing was duly filed. The motion for rehearing-raises no question not fully considered in the original opinion, but appellant’s brief on the motion for rehearing-calls attention to a seeming confusion in some of the opinions of this court as to the meaning of Section 2997, C. L. 1897, which we deem worthy of consideration at this time.

“Sec. 299G. The court must read to the jury all the instructions it intends to give and none others, and must announce…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Memphis Street Railway Co. v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  2. French v. FrenchIllinois Supreme Court · 1905

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