STATE v. CARO

No. 5318.

228 P.2d 957 (1950)

55 N.M. 176

STATE v. CARO.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. Weir, Las Cruces, for appellant.

W. A. Sutherland, Las Cruces, for appellant on motion for rehearing.

Joseph L. Martinez, Atty. Gen., W. R. Kegel, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SADLER, Justice.

The question for decision is whether an accused, in custody following arrest, must be warned he doesn't have to make a statement and that any statement made may be used against him to entitle such statement to admission in evidence at his trial.

The defendant was convicted in the district court of Dona Ana county of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. On this appeal he seeks to have us set aside his conviction...

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