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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 5558.

263 P.2d 282 (1953)

57 N.M. 716

STATE v. JOHNSON et al.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.O. Askren, Roswell, Easley & Quinn, Hobbs, for appellants.

Richard H. Robinson, Atty. Gen., William J. Torrington, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Fred M. Standley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

COMPTON, Justice.

Appellants appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree. The offense was committed in Hobbs, Lea County, and, thereafter, the venue was changed to Chaves County. The jury specified the death penalty for Arthur Fay Johnson and life imprisonment in the penitentiary for Lucille Johnson.

On the morning of March 6, 1951, William Cabrel, a construction worker, failed to report for work. That...

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