Legal Opinion
State v. Turnbow
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1970No. 8850PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANGEL, District Judge.
Defendant pleaded guilty in 1964 to second-degree murder and was sentenced to imprisonment of not less than three years nor more than life. He subsequently filed a petition under Rule 93 (§ 21-1-1 (93), N.M.S.A.1953 [Supp.1969]). From a denial of that petition defendant appeals, contending that he should have been sentenced to a fixed, determined number of years. We do not agree.
At the time of the offense, the applicable statutory penalty for second-degree murder was imprisonment “for any period of time not less than three years.” Section 40-24-10, N.M.S.A.1953.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. MaestasNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1957
- McCutcheon v. CoxNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962
- State v. SisnerosNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
- Starkey v. CoxNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
- State v. FrederickNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. AllenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1971
- State v. HoveyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
- Graves v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2017
- Williams v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. HerreraNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1974
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