Territory of New Mexico v. Chavez y Chavez
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal, from a judgment of conviction for murder, from the Fourth Judicial District Court, San Miguel county. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, from a judgment of conviction for murder, from the Fourth Judicial District Court, San Miguel county. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. While a pardon will restore to a convicted felon the right to testify in any case, it will not restore his moral character, and give a new credit to his statements under oath, and the fact of such conviction, the crime for which he has been convicted, and the time he haá served in the penitentiary may be brought out on cross-examination for the purpose of impeaching his credibility. Comp. Laws 1884, sec. 2086; Whar. Crim. Ev., secs.…
1Opinion of the CourtBantz, J.
The defendant was convicted in San Miguel county for the murder of Gabriel Sandoval and sentenced to death, and the cause is brought here on appeal.
It is claimed for the accused that the only witnesses whose testimony directly connected the defendant with the crime charged are accomplices in the crime. The credit to be given to their testimony was therefore of the highest' importance. To shake that credit it was sought, on cross-examination- of each of such accomplices, to show that he had a past history for criminal ■actions, which, if exposed, would have had a material influence upon the…
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