Legal Opinion

State v. Mascarenas

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided July 28, 1972No. 887Published

1Opinion of the Court

500 P.2d 438 (1972)

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Tony Frank MASCARENAS, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 887.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

July 28, 1972.

Robert Dale Morrison, Mitchell, Mitchell & Alley, Taos, for defendant-appellant.

David L. Norvell, Atty. Gen., Victor Moss, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

The dispositive issue involves the constitutional right to a speedy trial. N.M.Const. Art. II, § 14. Whether this right has been denied depends on the reasonableness of the particular delay. Dickey v. Florida, 398 U.S. 30, 90 S.Ct. 1564, 26…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. In Re SantillanesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1943
  3. State Ex Rel. Delgado v. StanleyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1972
  4. State v. DiamondNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1921
  5. State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1967

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