STATE v. ACOSTA

No. 16346.

939 P.2d 1081 (1997)

123 N.M. 273

1997-NMCA-035

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eliseo ACOSTA, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted May 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Attorney General, Bill Primm, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Douglas W. Baker, Ann Arbor, MI, for Defendant-Appellant.


OPINION

ARMIJO, Judge.

1. Defendant appeals his conviction of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon on five grounds: (1) there was fundamental error in the trial court's jury instruction for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon because this instruction failed to include an essential element of the offense; (2) there was fundamental error in the trial court's jury instructions for self-defense and defense of another because these instructions...

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