Legal Opinion
State v. Chavez
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided March 2, 1973No. 1005PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LOPEZ, Judge.
Defendant, Lorenzo Chavez, Jr., was tried and convicted on two counts of violating § 54-7-14, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl. Vol. 8, pt. 2) unlawful sale of narcotic drug. Defendant appeals.
We affirm.
The defendant raises the following issue: that the heroin should not have been admitted as evidence.(1) The heroin was properly admitted by the district court as evidence.
Defendant contends that the chain of custody of the evidence was broken upon transfer of the substance from Agent Ortiz to the Assistant District Attorney.
Agent Ortiz made purchases of heroin from the defendant on…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Albert Lopez Gallego v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- State v. DotsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- United States v. S. B. Penick & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Pasadena Research Laboratories, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1948
- Rodgers v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. PetersNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1997
- State v. SandovalNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
- South v. LuceroNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. RunnionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
- State v. MontoyaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
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