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STATE v. STEPHENS

No. 12271.

600 P.2d 820 (1979)

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack STEPHENS and Michael Colby, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

October 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reginald J. Storment, Sante Fe, Leon Taylor, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellants.

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Arthur Encinas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

EASLEY, Justice.

The defendants Jack Stephens and Michael Colby appeal from their convictions of first-degree murder. We discuss whether the trial court should have, sua sponte, ordered a severance of the trial of the two defendants, and whether the trial court abused its discretion in admitting certain evidence.

Both defendants and the victim were inmates at the penitentiary of New Mexico. Defendants...

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