Legal Opinion
State v. Rhodes
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 11, 1966No. 7981PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARMODY, Chief Justice.
Appellant has prosecuted this appeal from the judgment and sentence following conviction by a jury of a charge of a sale of a narcotic drug, to-wit, marijuana.
Two questions are presented, one relating to the sentence and the other to a claim of former jeopardy.
In 1962, appellant was charged by an information containing seven counts, all relating to possession or sale of marijuana. At that time, after first pleading not guilty to all seven counts, he later changed his plea to guilty to Counts 2 and 3 and the district attorney thereupon dismissed the other five counts of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Wade v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Bassing v. CadySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- McCarthy v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1936
- State v. LujanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- State v. EdenNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1989
- State v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1990
- Caristo v. SullivanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1991
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