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STATE v. WHITESHIELD

No. 2999.

570 P.2d 927 (1977)

91 N.M. 96

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harvey WHITESHIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Hartke, Chief Public Defender, Joseph Riggs, III, Asst. Public Defender, Mark Shapiro, Asst. App. Defender, Albuquerque, for defendant-appellant.

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Paquin M. Terrazas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

The two felony convictions involved are a 1971 Oklahoma conviction for burglary and a current conviction of voluntary manslaughter. Defendant was found to be an habitual offender; his manslaughter sentence was enhanced on the basis of the prior burglary conviction. Defendant appeals. We discuss: (1) admission of the Oklahoma judgment; (2) jury instructions; and (3) validity of the Oklahoma...

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