Legal Opinion
State v. Kavanaugh
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 16, 1927No. 3115PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT
BICKLEY, J.
Appellant was indicted and convicted of a crime.
Section 14 of article 2 of our Constitution prior to amendment provided:
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, felonious, or infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger.”
The date of the commission of the crime charged was after the adoption of the New Mexico Constitution and prior to the amendment thereof, which took effect January 1, 1925 (see Laws 1923, p. 351), and provided that a…
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