STATE v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 8949.

469 P.2d 148 (1970)

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Braulio RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben T. Traub, Robert C. Hanna, Albuquerque, for appellant.

James A. Maloney, Atty. Gen., James C. Compton, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.


OPINION

TACKETT, Justice.

The appellant was charged with murder on April 11, 1969. He was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the New Mexico State Penitentiary. He appeals.

It appears from the record that the deceased Jose Manuel Apodaca, his wife and her sister and brother-in-law, went to a dance at a bar. The appellant was present in the bar when they entered. The appellant tried either to...

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