State v. Velarde

COMPTON, Justice.

Ray Joe Marquez, Joe Saldonio Valencia, Claudio Clyde Velarde, and Tony Mike Aranda were charged with having raped one Eva Nez. The victim was an Apache Indian. The cause was tried to a jury of San Juan County. Valencia was acquitted and the remaining defendants were found guilty. A motion for a new trial having been denied, judgment was entered and, from the judgment and sentence pronounced against them, Velarde and Aranda appeal.

Since the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict of the jury and the judgment entered thereon is not challenged, we deem it unnecessary…