STATE v. PETERSON

No. 17788.

956 P.2d 854 (1998)

125 N.M. 55

1998-NMCA-049

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert PETERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Attorney General, Ralph E. Trujillo, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Appellee.

Monica D. Muñoz, Albuquerque, for Appellant.


OPINION

BOSSON, Judge.

{1} Defendant appeals his conviction of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Defendant argues that he was denied a fair trial because (1) the trial court failed to instruct the jury on the essential element of unlawfulness once Defendant had raised the defense of citizen's arrest, and because (2) the court improperly denied Defendant's instruction on citizen's arrest as a defense...

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