STATE v. LOPEZ

No. 133.

452 P.2d 199 (1969)

80 N.M. 130

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Lee LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Rawson, Turner W. Branch, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Boston E. Witt, Atty. Gen., Donald W. Miller, Justin Reid, Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.


OPINION

SPIESS, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of armed robbery (§ 40A-16-2, N.M.S.A. 1953) and sentenced to serve a term in The Penitentiary of New Mexico. He has appealed and contends that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence a written confession, bearing his signature, over his objection.

The trial judge, out of the hearing of the jury and in accordance with the requirements of Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368...

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