STATE v. SKINNER

No. 5351.

232 P.2d 698 (1951)

55 N.M. 302

STATE v. SKINNER.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.O. Askren, Richard G. Bean, Roswell, for appellant.

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


LUJAN, Chief Justice.

Julius Skinner was convicted of embezzlement in the district court of Lea County on change of venue from Chaves County, and prosecutes this appeal from the judgment of conviction.

The following instruction was requested on behalf of the defendant: "1. I charge you that the character of the defendant has been placed by him before you by proof of reputation, and in this connection you are charged that good character, if proved, is a fact...

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