STATE v. DAVIS

No. 13651.

637 P.2d 561 (1981)

97 N.M. 130

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul Lawrence DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha A. Daly, Appellate Defender, Melanie S. Kenton, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, Max Houston Proctor, Hobbs, for defendant-appellant.

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Marcia E. White, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

FEDERICI, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury was instructed on first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and self-defense. Defendant appeals to this Court seeking a new trial. He contends that (I) there was insufficient evidence to convict him of first degree murder, and that (II) the trial court erred in not admitting prior inconsistent statements of one of...

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