Legal Opinion
State v. Morales
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 6, 1970No. 399PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SPIESS, Chief Judge.
Defendant, Gilbert Salas Morales, was convicted by a jury of armed robbery (§ 40A-16-2, N.M.S.A.1953, Repl.Vol. 6). This appeal is taken from the judgment on the verdict.
On March 30th, 1969, at approximately 11:00 o’clock P.M., Bennito Lujan was awakened by two persons who sought entry to his home. He turned on the light and admitted both of them. Upon entering the house they attacked Lujan, threatened him with a butcher knife, demanded and took a sum of money from him.
Lujan had known one of the assailants, a Raymundo Moreno Franco, for some time. He had seen the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Drink, Inc. v. BabcockNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. TurnerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
- State v. AguirreNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. GardnerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. ArmstrongNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. GilliamNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
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