Legal Opinion
State v. Trivitt
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1976No. 10159PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McMANUS, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from defendant’s conviction of first degree murder and sentence of death. The case was tried to a jury in the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, in Colfax County, on a change of venue from Union County, New Mexico.
Generally, the facts reflect that on the morning of September 5, 1973 the body of James L. Graves was discovered slain in the storeroom of his service station located approximately one mile southeast of Clayton, New Mexico. Shortly thereafter, as the result of a police radio dispatch, the defendant, Enos Larry Trivitt, and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Ex Parte BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Montclair v. RamsdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- State v. CrumpNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- State v. KraulNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. TalleyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1985
- State v. OronaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1982
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