Legal Opinion
State v. Sparks
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided July 18, 1973No. 1163PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Convicted of unlawfully distributing controlled substances (amphetamines and LSD), defendants appeal. Section 54-11-22(A)(2). N.M.S.A.1953 (1972 Int.Supp.). The dispositive issue concerns inspection of a transcript of the grand jury testimony of a witness.
Cross-examining the State’s witness, Kelly, defendants established that Kelly had testified before the grand jury. Defendants then sought a copy of the transcript of Kelly’s grand jury testimony.
The transcript was sought because defendants’ cross-examination brought out discrepancies between the trial testimony of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mascarenas v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1969
- State v. TackettNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- State v. LunnNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
- State v. BacaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. MorganNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. HallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
- State v. RomeroNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
- Mathis v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. LayneNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2008
- Valles v. StateNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
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