STATE v. BENEDICT

No. A-1-CA-38523.

511 P.3d 379 (2022)

2022-NMCA-030

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Clayton Thomas BENEDICT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted, April 20, 2022, No. S-1-SC-39240.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Benjamin L. Lammons , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.

Bennett J. Baur , Chief Public Defender, Mary Barket , Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.


OPINION

{1} Defendant Clayton Thomas Benedict was charged by the State with second-degree murder and the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. Defendant, an Uber driver, picked up two intoxicated passengers late afternoon on Saint Patrick's Day 2019. One of the passengers vomited in the backseat...

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