Legal Opinion

State v. Blacklock

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided September 13, 1917No. 1977aPublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from District Court, San Juan County; Abbott, Judge. Foster Blacklock was convicted of unlawfully injuring a building, and he appeals. As to criminal intent. State v. Alva, 18 N. M. 143; People v. Devine, 30 Pac. 378; State v. Chaves, 19 N. M. 575; Bajdrouse v. ITrquides, 105 Pac. 1066. Conviction will not be upheld if there is no substantial evidence to support it. State v. Griggs, 150 Pac. 921; State v. Graves, 157 Pac. 166. STATEMENT O PPACTS.

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Appeal from District Court, San Juan County; Abbott, Judge. Foster Blacklock was convicted of unlawfully injuring a building, and he appeals. As to criminal intent. State v. Alva, 18 N. M. 143; People v. Devine, 30 Pac. 378; State v. Chaves, 19 N. M. 575; Bajdrouse v. ITrquides, 105 Pac. 1066. Conviction will not be upheld if there is no substantial evidence to support it. State v. Griggs, 150 Pac. 921; State v. Graves, 157 Pac. 166. STATEMENT O PPACTS. The appellant, Foster Blacklock, was charged in a justice of the peace court of San Juan county with having on October 15, 1915, unlawfully…

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STATEMENT OF FACTS.

ITANNA, J.

(after stating the facts as above). The first question argued by appellant in his brief is as to the ownership of the building, it being contended that ownership can only be proven by legal and competent evidence, and that the only evidence of ownership of the building which appellant is charged with having injured was the evidence of the witness Griffin, who testified that he was the president of the Farmington Fair Association, and that such association was the owner of the 20-acre tract of land upon which the grand stand was located. No doubt this testimony of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. McKnightNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1915

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. AustinNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969
  2. State v. RomeroNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
  3. State v. ShedoudyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1941
  4. State v. GonzalezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2005
  5. State v. CraigNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1962

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