STATE v. SHEFFIELD

No. 5287.

228 P.2d 431 (1951)

55 N.M. 150

STATE v. SHEFFIELD.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 28, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.S. McGarry, Carlsbad, for appellant.

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


LUJAN, Chief Justice.

The defendant (appellant) was convicted of the crime of aiding and abetting prostitution. He prosecutes this appeal and asks that the verdict and judgment be reversed on the single ground that the court erred in refusing to grant him a mistrial. Therefore, the review will be confined to resolving the one question.

The facts upon which the prosecution were based are as follows:

The state's witness, Betty Patterson, an 18 year old...

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