STATE v. TAPIA

No. 7812.

411 P.2d 234 (1966)

75 N.M. 757

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugenio Carlos TAPIA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Johnson, Santa Fe, for appellant.

Boston E. Witt, Atty. Gen., James V. Noble, Paul Lacy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.


NOBLE, Justice.

Eugenio Carlos Tapia and Carlos Cordova, jointly accused of murder, were tried together before a jury. Cordova was acquitted by an instructed verdict, while Tapia was convicted of murder in the first degree from which he has appealed.

Both defendants being indigent, the court appointed two attorneys to represent both defendants at the preliminary examination and in the trial of the case in the district court. Since the Tapia appeal is in forma...

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