Legal Opinion
State v. Minns
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 4, 1969No. 241PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SPIESS, Chief Judge.
Appellant was convicted of having indecently handled and touched a girl under the age of sixteen.
Here the appellant questions the constitutionality of the statute under which he was convicted (Sexual assault, § 40A-9-9, subd. A, N.M.S.A. 1953), the trial court’s ruling upon a question of evidence, the failure of the trial court to give a cautionary instruction, the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict, and the propriety of the giving, by the trial court, of a supplemental instruction (the so-called shotgun or Allen charge).
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2Cases cited33 opinions
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- State v. RandallMontana Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by50 opinions
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