Legal Opinion
State v. Higgins
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 16, 1988No. 9992PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MINZNER, Judge.
Defendant appeals from his convictions on three counts of fraud over $2,500, three counts of fraud over $100, one count of attempt to commit fraud over $20,000, and one count of forgery. The events on which the counts were based occurred in late 1985 and early 1986. We discuss (1) the sufficiency of the evidence as to counts I and II; (2) whether defendant should have been prosecuted under the Worthless Check Act (the Act), see NMSA 1978, Sections 30-36-1 to -9 (Repl.Pamp.1987), rather than the general fraud statute, see 1979 N.M.Laws ch. 119, Section 1 (codified as NMSA…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- State v. BlevinsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1936
- State Ex Rel. Anaya v. ScarboroughNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. BrownNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. MartinNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by16 opinions
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