STATE v. VALENZUELA

No. 10674.

559 P.2d 402 (1976)

90 N.M. 25

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Felipe Gardo VALENZUELA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pickard & Singleton, Sarah Michael Singleton, Santa Fe, for appellant.

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Raymond Hamilton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.


OPINION

MONTOYA, Justice.

Felipe Gardo Valenzuela (defendant) was convicted following a jury trial in the District Court of Chaves County of murder in the first degree for the killing of his wife. Judgment and sentence of death were imposed; defendant's motion for a new trial was denied; and this appeal ensued.

The facts pertinent to the appeal are as follows: On March 27, 1975, defendant, an itinerant farm worker, picked up at a discount store in...

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