Legal Opinion
State v. Quiroz
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided June 16, 1980No. 4464PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HENDLEY, Judge.
On January 19, 1977, the grand jury of Chaves County returned an indictment against the defendant charging trafficking in a controlled substance — heroin. Prior to the return of that indictment, defendant was convicted of an unrelated federal offense and was incarcerated in the Federal Correctional Center at La Tuna, Texas.
Subsequently, the State of New Mexico filed a detainer against the defendant. At no time did the defendant exercise his right to request final disposition as is provided for in Article 3(A) of the Agreement on Detainers, § 31-5-12, N.M.S.A.1978, which…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. MauroSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Commonwealth v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Nelms v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
- Flores v. FloresNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Knowles v. LesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. TarangoNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. LivernoisNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
- State v. WilsonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1998
- State v. AaronNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1984
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