Legal Opinion
State v. Begay
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1987No. 9434PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
This appeal raises two issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in dismissing Count 3 of the criminal information; and (2) whether the trial court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to hear this case.
Defendant, a Navajo Indian, was involved in a head-on automobile collision that killed a woman, who was seven months pregnant, and another woman. The unborn child also died. The victims were Indians. The criminal information charged defendant with two counts of vehicular homicide (Counts 1 and 2), pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 66-8-101(A) (Cum. Supp.1986), and with injury to…
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- Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma v. The State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Perea v. BacaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. TrujilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
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