Legal Opinion
State v. Sosa
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 1996No. 23375PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MINZNER, Justice.
Defendant Mark Sosa asserts that the trial court violated his Fifth Amendment right to be free from compelled self-incrimination in sentencing him to a prison term upon his conviction for two counts of distribution of marijuana. U.S. Const, amend. V. This appeal also raises the issue of whether the trial court abused its discretion by offering Sosa a suspended sentence if he would identify his source of drugs in open court. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court in a memorandum opinion, concluding that Sosa did not preserve the Fifth Amendment issue and that…
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- State v. SegottaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
- United States v. Ismael Antonio RamosCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- State v. SerranoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
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