STATE v. VAUGHN

No. 9031.

481 P.2d 98 (1971)

82 N.M. 310

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvin VAUGHN, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asa Kelly, Jr., Silver City, for appellant.

James A. Maloney, Atty. Gen., Justin Reid, C. Emery Cuddy, Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.


OPINION

McMANUS, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of murder, alleging that the District Court of Hidalgo County did not have jurisdiction to try his case; that because the lower court proceedings were not based upon a grand jury indictment, they violated the defendant's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights; that the defendant was prejudiced by the introduction of a psychiatrist's rebuttal testimony contrary to certain of his constitutional and...

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