STATE v. JETT

No. 18258.

805 P.2d 78 (1991)

111 N.M. 309

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Dennis JETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquelyn Robins, Chief Public Defender, Bruce Rogoff, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

Tom Udall, Margaret McLean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

MONTGOMERY, Justice.

Defendant Richard Dennis Jett (Jett) appeals his conviction of first degree murder of his former wife Judy Jett (Judy). We affirm.

On June 18, 1988, Jett shot and killed Judy in the parking lot of the Diamond Lil's Bar in Hobbs, New Mexico. Earlier that same evening Jett encountered Judy leaving George's Bar with Monetta Easter, a woman Jett also knew, and Steve Bush, whom Easter introduced to Judy that evening. Judy...

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