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STATE v. COATES

No. 15348.

707 P.2d 1163 (1985)

103 N.M. 353

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny Ray COATES, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

October 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Clow Chief Public Defender, J. Thomas Sullivan, David Stafford, Appellate Defender, Lewis Fleishman, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for appellant.

Charles A. Wyman, Dist. Public Defender, Roswell, Trial Counsel.

Paul Bardacke, Atty. Gen., Ida M. Lujan, Michael Dickman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.

OPINION

SOSA, Senior Justice.

Defendant Danny Ray Coates appeals his conviction of first degree murder, armed robbery, and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle. We affirm.

On August 26, 1982, Louise Cecil was found dead in her residence in Hobbs, New Mexico and her 1976 white Plymouth was missing. On that same day the police found Coates driving the Plymouth near Loving, New Mexico and took him into custody. The district attorney filed a criminal complaint...

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