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STATE v. TORREZ

No. 32,929.

305 P.3d 944 (2013)

2013-NMSC-034

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Orlando TORREZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 27, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Tangora, L.L.C., Robert E. Tangora , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.

Gary K. King , Attorney General, M. Victoria Wilson , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{¶ 1} In this case we discuss, among other issues, how the district court astutely avoided a double jeopardy violation in this felony murder trial. Defendant Orlando Torrez fired multiple shots at a house where he had attended a party earlier in the evening, killing one person and injuring another. A jury rejected his claim of self-defense and found him guilty of felony murder predicated on the felony of shooting...

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