STATE v. CRESPIN

No. 4581.

612 P.2d 716 (1980)

94 N.M. 486

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eloisa CRESPIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

May 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Martha A. Daly, Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

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


OPINION

HENDLEY, Judge.

Summary affirmance was proposed by notice filed April 22, 1980. The defendant has filed a timely memorandum opposing affirmance as to one issue and does not oppose affirmance on the other issue.

The defendant claims error in the trial court's refusal to require the State to place on the record its reasons for exercising a peremptory challenge against the only black member of the jury venire. This case raises an issue of first...

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