STATE v. WOODWARD

No. 7362.

675 P.2d 1007 (1983)

100 N.M. 708

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Betty WOODWARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bardacke, Atty. Gen., William McEuen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Janet Clow, Chief Public Defender, Henry R. Quintero, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

May an individual be criminally prosecuted for the improper removal of encumbered property contrary to NMSA 1978, § 30-16-18, where the document creating the alleged encumbrance fails to detail the property involved? The answer to the question posed involves an admixture of both our criminal statutes and provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.

In January 1982, the defendant, Betty Woodward, purchased a mobile home...

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