State v. Parks
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Grant County; Ryan, Judge. Charlej1- Parks and John Parks were convicted of murder in the second degree,- and they appeal.
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Appeal from District Court, Grant County; Ryan, Judge. Charlej1- Parks and John Parks were convicted of murder in the second degree,- and they appeal. The court erred in admitting evidence of specific acts of violence and affrays on the part of Charlie Parks, during his cross-examination. 1 Wigmore on Evid., Sec. 61; 2 Id., Sec. 196; Sec. 2180, Code 1915. Proof of distinct substantive crimes is not admissible unless there is some logical connection between it and ,the crime charged. People v. Cline, 83 Cal. 374; Miller v. Com., 78 Ky. 15; State v. Reeves, 71 Mo. 419; Boland v. People, 19 Hun.…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
HOLLOMAN, District Judge.
The defendants in this case were indicted at the March, 1918, term of the Grant county district court, charged with the murder of one J. Edward Schrimsher, and they were tried at the same term of court. A verdict of murder in the second degree was returned against them, and the court sentenced each of them to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than 90 nor more than 99 years, from which judgment and proceeding this appeal is perfected.. [1] The appellants complain that the court erred in permitting the state, on cross-examination…
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