Legal Opinion
State v. Bartlett
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 1981No. 4022PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
Defendant stabbed his father to death during an altercation in the apartment in which both defendant and his father lived. He pleaded self-defense. Defendant was convicted of second degree murder in violation of § 30-2-1, N.M.S.A. 1978 and appeals. We reverse.
A. Defendant’s conviction is reversed because of prosecutorial misconduct.
Defendant claims prosecutorial misconduct of the prosecutor who presented the State’s case. The misconduct consists of a series of questions asked defendant on cross-examination and the rebuttal testimony of James Duran.
The series of questions…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. Antonelli Fireworks Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- State v. DayNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. RamirezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. RowellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. DuffyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- State v. UbaldiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. CohaneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- State v. HoxsieNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. CandelariaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2008
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