Legal Opinion
Mascarenas v. State
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 15, 1969No. 8788PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NOBLE, Chief Justice.
Petitioner was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. His conviction was affirmed in State v. Mascarenas, 80 N.M. 74, 451 P.2d 567 (Ct.App.1968). He seeks review of that decision under two points asserted:(1) Does the defendant’s statutory right of cross-examination at a preliminary hearing include the right to inspect the prior written statement of a witness called by the state; and if so,(2) Does the magistrate’s erroneous denial of a defendant’s statutory right of cross-examination vitiate the entire preliminary hearing so as to preclude a subsequent…
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