STATE v. BACA

No. 10793.

549 P.2d 282 (1976)

89 N.M. 204

State of New Mexico, Petitioner, v. Ruben B. BACA, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Don Montoya, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for petitioner.

Chester H. Walter, Jr., Chief Public Defender, Bruce L. Herr, Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for respondent.


OPINION

McMANUS, Justice.

This case comes to us on petition by the state for a writ of certiorari, after the Court of Appeals reversed defendant's conviction and remanded for a new trial. In its petition the state argues that the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's decision not to grant a mistrial when a witness, in response to a question by the state, commented on the defendant's silence. Under the circumstances of this case we agree,...

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