STATE v. ORTIZ

No. 8163.

422 P.2d 355 (1967)

77 N.M. 316

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lee Roy ORTIZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Robert D. Taichert, Willard F. Kitts, Albuquerque, for appellant.

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


OPINION

E.T. HENSLEY, Jr., Chief Judge, Court of Appeals.

The appellant was convicted of first degree murder and from a sentence of life imprisonment he appeals. The appellant claims error on three grounds: first, that his confession was not freely and voluntarily made and was therefore improperly admitted into evidence by the trial court; second, that the confession should not have been admitted into evidence because he was not effectively advised of his...

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