Legal Opinion
State v. Armijo
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 5, 1958No. 6379PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SADLER, Justice.
The defendant as an appellant before this Court complains of a sentence imposed upon him by the district court of Roosevelt County, following his conviction of the crime of statutory rape upon a young girl, fourteen (14) years of age.
He first bases error on the refusal of the trial court to permit cross-examination by him of the prosecuting witness concerning prior acts of intercourse with other men. We see no error in this refusal. The offense charged was statutory rape as to which the previous chastity of the prosecuting witness ordinarily -is immaterial. 44 Am.Jur. 959; 52…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. OgdenOregon Supreme Court · 1901
- Berry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
- State v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1924
- Summerville v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Beneficial Finance CompanyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- State v. OrtegaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. TurnbowNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
- Pece v. CoxNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1964
- State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1968
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