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STATE v. GUERRA

No. 31,973.

278 P.3d 1031 (2012)

2012-NMSC-014

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Graciela GUERRA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 10, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Tangora , Robert E. Tangora, L.L.C., Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.

Gary K. King , Attorney General, Nicole Beder , Assistant Attorney General Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

OPINION

DANIELS, Justice.

{1} A jury found Defendant Graciela Guerra guilty of first-degree murder for the stabbing death of her daughter-in-law, Brenda Guerra, in an Alamogordo motel room. The district court sentenced Defendant to a mandatory term of life imprisonment, giving this Court exclusive jurisdiction to hear her direct appeal. See N.M. Const. art. VI, § 2 ("Appeals from a judgment...

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