Legal Opinion
State v. Roy
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1936No. 4118PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZINN, Justice.
This case involves the life of Hyman Roy, who was tried and convicted for the murder of Martha Hutchinson. He was sentenced to the electric chair. The case is here on appeal.
On September 20, 1934, one Joe Browning and Martha Hutchinson, both colored, drove in front of the gasoline tanks of a garage in Albuquerque, N. M., and as their car came to a stop another car driven by the defendant (appellant here), also colored, came opposite the first car. Defendant, using a revolver, shot and killed Joe Browning. Martha Hutchinson ran into the garage, and the defendant fired at her as…
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