STATE v. SWAVOLA

No. 12990.

840 P.2d 1238 (1992)

114 N.M.App. 472

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Christine SWAVOLA, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied October 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Nancy Hollander, Freedman, Boyd, Daniels, Peifer, Hollander, Guttmann & Goldberg, P.A., Albuquerque, Carmen Garza, Las Cruces, for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant.


OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

On July 14, 1989, Defendant killed her husband, from whom she was separated, at her home. She was convicted of second degree murder with a firearm enhancement. She claimed self-defense and raised a battered-woman-syndrome defense. She appeals her conviction primarily on the ground of ineffective assistance of her trial counsel. She also argues that the district court erred in admitting certain evidence. She abandons other issues...

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