State v. Bruce

OPINION

TACKETT, Justice.

The District Court of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, denied a motion for post conviction relief filed December 9, 1969. Defendant appeals.

Defendant was convicted by a jury in October 1962, of sodomy. He was sentenced to not less than one year nor more than life. Since the date of sentencing, defendant has filed several motions for post conviction relief, as well as a habeas corpus petition, all raising substantially the same issues, which were denied without a hearing.

Defendant’s primary contention is that the trial court erred in refusing to grant him a hearing on the…