Legal Opinion
State v. Austin
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 4, 1978No. 3366PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
This interlocutory appeal involves the admissibility of defendant’s second and third inculpatory statements after the first such statement was ruled inadmissible because obtained by improper inducement. We discuss: (1) fruit of the poisoned tree; (2) burden of the evidence and quantum of proof; and (3) sufficiency of the evidence.
Fruit of the Poisoned Tree
The statements pertain to an armed robbery in El Paso, Texas. Defendant is charged in New Mexico with receiving stolen property. The allegedly stolen property is $10,000 in cash recovered from a safety deposit box in…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- State v. LordNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1938
- Bunting v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. JuarezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1995
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- State v. PadillaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1980
- State v. DevigneNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
- State v. PollerNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
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