STATE v. ALANIZ

No. 5350.

232 P.2d 982 (1951)

55 N.M. 312

STATE v. ALANIZ.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 26, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Weir, W.B. Darden, Las Cruces, for appellant.

Joe L. Martinez, Atty. Gen., Walter R. Kegel, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


LUJAN, Chief Justice.

Valeriano Alaniz and Luis Campos were tried and convicted in the district court of Lincoln county of the murder of Pete Nalda. Campos was sentenced to life imprisonment. Alaniz was sentenced to death and he appeals from the judgment and sentence entered upon the verdict so returned. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the lower court.

The fatal tragedy occurred on the Lewis-Sanders ranch which is located about twenty miles...

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