Legal Opinion

State v. Romero

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided September 18, 1961No. 6920PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

At a trial before the court, a jury having been waived, the appellant was convicted of the crime of involuntary manslaughter on two counts of an information which charged, in the first count, the unlawful killing of Marionetta Ledford; and, in the second count, the unlawful killing of Mark Ledford, for which offenses he was sentenced to serve a term in the penitentiary of not less than one year nor more than ten years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently. From the judgment imposing sentence, this appeal is taken.

The appellant first challenges the sufficiency…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State v. ShroyerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1945
  2. State v. FernandezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
  3. State v. MartinNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Stapleton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
  5. State v. HarrisNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1937

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  2. State v. SelgadoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
  3. State v. RichersonNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1975
  4. State v. SosaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Sweitzer v. SanchezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1969

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