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STATE v. CASTRILLO

No. 19821.

819 P.2d 1324 (1991)

112 N.M. 766

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur CASTRILLO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

October 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquelyn Robins, Chief Public Defender, Sheila Lewis, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

Tom Udall, Atty. Gen., Katherine Zinn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

BACA, Justice.

We accepted certification of this appeal from the court of appeals pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 34-5-14 (Repl. Pamp. 1990) to clarify the law of duress as a defense to the crime of felon in possession of a firearm. We also consider the other two issues raised in this appeal: Whether the trial court improperly denied defendant's motion to discharge the jury, and whether the use of the same...

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