Legal Opinion

State v. Ruiz

New Mexico Court of Appeals

Decided January 20, 1995No. 15292PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for first degree child abuse (resulting in death) of his child Patrick. Defendant raises issues concerning (1) the consolidation of the child abuse charge with charges for bribery of a witness; (2) the admission of evidence of other bad acts, specifically the events surrounding the bribery and other acts of Defendant directed toward family members; (3) the exclusion of testimony of another child regarding the events occurring on the day Patrick died; (4) the sufficiency of the evidence; and (5) cumulative error. We affirm. FACTS

Defendant…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. State v. SutphinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1988
  2. State v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1992
  3. State v. ManusNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Santillanes v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
  5. State v. OroscoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. State v. AllenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
  2. State v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
  3. State v. OttoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2007
  4. Lewis Ex Rel. Lewis v. SamsonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2001
  5. State v. JonesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1995

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