Legal Opinion
State v. Baldizan
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided September 21, 1982No. 5611PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALTERS, Chief Judge.
Defendant was convicted of second degree murder. His appeal concerns the trial court’s grant of the State’s motion in limine, which forbade him from inquiring of the State’s key witness, Leonard Gallegos, with regard to the witness’s alleged participation in the notorious state penitentiary riots of 1980.
It was shown at the hearing on the motion that Gallegos voluntarily appeared and gave a statement to the police after he learned that his car had been identified at the scene of a stabbing murder. He admitted his presence, with others, and accused defendant of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- State v. HectorOhio Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by13 opinions
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