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STATE v. NELSON

No. 6462.

338 P.2d 301 (1959)

65 N.M. 403

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Cooper NELSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Zucht, Richard C. Losh, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Fred M. Standley, Atty. Gen., Fred M. Calkins, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Hilton A. Dickson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

COMPTON, Justice.

Appellant, David Cooper Nelson, was charged with having murdered Ralph Henderson Rainey, and following a trial therefor, the jury returned a verdict of guilty without specifying life imprisonment in lieu of death. Thereupon, appellant was sentenced to death. Motions to set aside the verdict and for a new trial being denied, he prosecutes this appeal.

The case is before us a second time with a like verdict. On the former appeal, State v. Nelson...

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