State v. Boyett

OPINION

SERNA, Justice.

{1} Defendant Cecil Boyett appeals from his conviction for the first degree murder of Deborah Rhodes (Victim), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-2-1(A) (1963, as amended through 1994). He alleges that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on his theory of the case and in denying his motion for a new trial. We discern no error and affirm Defendant’s conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

{2} Defendant and Victim had a rancorous history. The enmity that each harbored for the other apparently had its roots in a romantic interest that both had in Renate Wilder (Wilder).

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