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STATE v. DORSEY

No. 1469.

532 P.2d 912 (1975)

87 N.M. 323

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sammy T. DORSEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Issued March 11, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester H. Walter, Jr., Chief Public Defender, Bruce L. Herr, Appellate Defender, Don Klein, Jr., Associate Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for appellant.

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Ralph W. Muxlow II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of murder in the second degree. Section 40A-2-1(B), N.M.S.A. 1953 (2d Repl.Vol. 6). Seven issues are presented. Only one of the issues has merit. That one issue is whether the trial court erred in granting the Assistant District Attorney's motion to exclude opinion evidence concerning the results of a polygraph examination. We hold the exclusion of this evidence was error because of the New Mexico...

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