STATE v. ROMERO

No. 7497.

397 P.2d 26 (1964)

74 N.M. 642

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Robert ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl E. Hartley, Atty. Gen., Wayne C. Wolf, James V. Noble, Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.

Zinn & Donnell, Santa Fe, for appellant.


CARMODY, Justice.

Having been found guilty by a jury of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs, the defendant appeals.

The questions raised are purely legal ones, and there is no necessity in relating the facts.

The information charged a violation of § 54-7-13, N.M.S.A. 1953, "in that the said defendant did have in his possession, unlawfully, certain narcotic drugs, to-wit, cannabis indica, also known as marijuana." The proof at the trial was that...

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