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STATE v. SOSA

No. 31,308.

223 P.3d 348 (2009)

2009-NMSC-056

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Petitioner and Cross-Respondent, v. Jim SOSA, Defendant-Respondent and Cross-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. King, Attorney General, Martha Anne Kelly, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner and Cross-Respondent.

Caren Ilene Friedman, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent and Cross-Petitioner.

OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} Jim Sosa (Defendant) was tried and convicted of two counts of sexual assault based on the victim's alleged inability to consent due to alcohol and perhaps drug-related intoxication. The parties hotly contested any suggestion that Defendant might have given the victim a so-called date-rape drug. During closing arguments, the prosecutor made a statement which, according to Defendant, implied that drugging evidence...

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