FUSON v. STATE

No. 16670.

735 P.2d 1138 (1987)

105 N.M. 632

Jimmy FUSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of New Mexico, Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

April 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquelyn Robins, Chief Public Defender, Kerry Kiernan, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for petitioner.

Paul Bardacke, Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for respondent.


OPINION

SCARBOROUGH, Chief Justice.

Petitioner was convicted of aggravated battery and as an habitual offender. He appealed, contending that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to excuse a particular prospective juror for cause, thereby compelling him to exercise a peremptory challenge, and thus violated his sixth amendment right to an impartial jury.1 Petitioner...

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