Legal Opinion
State v. Earnest
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 4, 1985No. 15162PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RIORDAN, Justice.
Ralph Rodney Earnest (defendant), Phillip Boeglin (Boeglin), and Perry Connor (Connor) were charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping, conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance (methamphetamines), and possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamines). Defendant, Boeglin, and Connor were each tried separately. During the course of defendant’s trial before a jury, a mistrial was declared. Defendant was subsequently retried, convicted on all counts and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, eighteen years for conspiracy to commit…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. DinitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Robert W. Crouch and Albert Kudelka, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Ralph Rodney Earnest v. Donald Dorsey, Attorney General of the State of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- State v. BoeglinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. ForbesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2005
- State v. EarnestNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. SanchezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1991
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