STATE v. MONTOYA

No. 7211.

381 P.2d 963 (1963)

72 N.M. 178

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reynaldo MONTOYA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie D. Ringer, Santa Fe, for appellant.

Earl E. Hartley, Atty. Gen., F. Harlan Flint, Norman S. Thayer, Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.


COMPTON, Chief Justice.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of Mora County of the crime of murder in the first degree and, from the judgment imposing sentence of life imprisonment, he appeals.

We relate some of the evidence upon which the jury reached its verdict. There was a dance in Wagon Mound on the night of April 3, 1961, which was attended by the appellant. After the dance, the appellant, accompanied by five companions, including Jose Inez Armijo,...

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