STATE v. TRIVITT

No. 10159.

548 P.2d 442 (1976)

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Enos Larry TRIVITT, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester H. Walter, Jr., Chief Public Defender, Bruce L. Herr, App. Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Warren O.F. Harris, Deputy Atty. Gen., F. Scott MacGillivray, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

McMANUS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from defendant's conviction of first degree murder and sentence of death. The case was tried to a jury in the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, in Colfax County, on a change of venue from Union County, New Mexico.

Generally, the facts reflect that on the morning of September 5, 1973 the body of James L. Graves was discovered slain in the storeroom...

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