STATE v. ROWELL

No. 8008.

419 P.2d 966 (1966)

77 N.M. 124

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mrs. John W. ROWELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

November 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Skinner, Raton, for appellant.

Boston E. Witt, Atty. Gen., Gary O. O'Dowd, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.


OPINION

MOISE, Justice.

Appellant was charged with uttering a forged check in Raton, New Mexico, on May 9, 1963. Her defense was an alibi, based upon the testimony of two disinterested witnesses and her mother to the effect that Mrs. Rowell was not in Raton the day the crime was committed. Toward the end of appellant's case, the district attorney, in cross-examining appellant's mother and after having established by her that defendant's given name was Carol...

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