Legal Opinion

State v. Stevens

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided April 7, 2014No. Docket 32,860PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DANIELS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

{1} We granted certiorari to review Defendant Lisa Stevens’ convictions for second-degree criminal sexual penetration during the commission of a felony, child abuse, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The convictions were based on two separate incidents in which she directed her thirteen-year-old daughter to perform oral sex on Defendant’s twenty-four-year-old boyfriend after the three injected methamphetamine together.

{2} Addressing a precedential legal issue, we clarify that simply causing another person to engage in otherwise lawful…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Lawrence v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. State v. CunninghamNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2000
  4. State v. TollardoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2012
  5. State v. SmithNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2004

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. SamoraNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2016
  2. State v. RadosevichNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2018
  3. State v. RadosevichNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2018
  4. State v. MarquezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2016
  5. State v. FloresNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2014

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