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OPINION SUTIN, Judge. Defendant was convicted and sentenced for possession of heroin in violation of § 54-11-23, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 8, pt. 2, 1973 Supp.). Defendant appeals. We affirm. A. The results of polygraph examinations were not admissible in evidence. Defendant moved the court that the results of polygraph ...
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Further ordered that the record in Court of Appeals, 86 N.M. 382, 524 P.2d 998, be and the same is hereby returned to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
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OPINION SUTIN, Judge. Plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant in the sum of $4,600 actual damages and $15,000 punitive damages in a claim filed for conversion of property and invasion of privacy. This claim arose out of defendant’s repossession of plaintiff’s automobile. Defendant appeals. We affirm. Six points ...
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LaFEL E. OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals. The appellant was charged by information with the crime of rape. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. He was tried and the jury found him guilty. The trial court thereupon entered judgment and sentence, and appellant was committed to the New Mexico State Pe...
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OPINION LOPEZ, Judge. The defendant was convicted and sentenced for burglary pursuant to § 40A-16-3, N.M.S.A.1953 (2d Repl.Vol. 6). Defendant appeals, claiming the trial court erred in denying defendant’s challenge to the jury panel which contained persons under the age of 21 years. We affirm. The question is whether t...
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OPINION STEPHENSON, Justice. This appeal arises out of a judgment entered on an appeal by appellee to the District Court of Bernalillo County from two decisions and an order of the Board of Medical Examiners, (the Board), revoking the license of the appellee to practice medicine in New Mexico. The lower court, after co...
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OPINION WOOD, Chief Judge. Defendant appeals his conviction of larceny in excess of $100 but less than $2500. Section 40A-16-1, N.M.S.A.1953 (2d Repl. Vol. 6). The issues concern: (1) evidence of “stealing;” (2) instruction on intent; and (3) a statement made by defendant. Evidence of “stealing.” Charlotte, an employee...
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CHAVEZ, Justice. Appellant was convicted by the district court of Lea County, sitting without a jury, of battery upon his wife in violation of § 40A-3-4, N.M.S.A., 1953 Comp. Appellant asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion for dismissal at the close of the State’s case, because there was insufficient...
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NOBLE, Justice. Joe Selgado has appealed from a sentence following a jury conviction for the offense-of aggravated battery. Briefly, the evidence discloses that the-defendant and a companion, Joe Barela, went to the Clovis Police Station at 1:30 a. m. on March 6, 1965 to visit the girl friend of Barela, confined in the...
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COMPTON, Justice. This is an action for reformation of an insurance policy and to recover for the loss by fire of household goods and other items while in transit from Texas to New Mexico. Pending disposition of the appeal, Billy Buck died. Upon the death of Billy Buck, Mrs. Billy Buck was substituted as plaintiff-appe...
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MOISE, Justice. We are here called upon to pass on the constitutionality of Ch. 89, N.M.S.L.1961, insofar as it attempted to place rural elec- trie cooperatives under the Public Utility-Act for certain purposes by including them within the definition of “public utility.” The act amended § 68-3-2 (F) (1) by adding the i...
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OPINION SPIESS, Judge, Court of Appeals. The defendant (appellant), Johnny Henry Serrano, was charged by information with the crime of burglary and entered the plea of guilty. Prior to the imposition of sentence the court was asked to suspend, or defer sentence to the end that defendant would be placed upon probation. ...
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OPINION HENDLEY, Judge. Plaintiffs claim defendants applied a dangerously slick coating of Gilsonite road surface preservative to U.S. Highway 54, south of Alamogordo, causing the automobile accident for which they now seek damages. In an amended motion for summary judgment defendants claimed no Gilsonite was applied t...
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OPINION STEPHENSON, Justice. Plaintiff-Appellee (Seasons), alleged owner and holder of a certain note and mortgage executed by Lincoln Hills, brought this action for foreclosure and other relief against Lincoln Hills and a number of other defendants including William W. and Elizabeth S. Atwell (the Atwells). Of the def...
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OPINION WOOD, Chief Judge. In this workmen’s compensation case, the trial court concluded that neither actual notice nor written notice had been given in compliance with § 59-10-13.4, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 9, pt. 1). Plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of his claim. Section 59-10-13.4, supra, reads: “A. Any workma...
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OPINION WOOD, Chief Judge. The two issues concern damages. They are: (1) the proper measure of damages recoverable under New Mexico’s “Uniform Commercial Code” [§ 50A — 1-101 et seq., N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 8, pt. 1)] when there has been a revocation of acceptance and (2) whether there may be an offset to such damages...
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OPINION HENDLEY, Judge. The claims in this case arise out of two separate lease transactions between plaintiff Rust, a Caterpillar tractor sales and leasing company, and defendant Consolidated, a construction firm. The first transaction was the lease of a scraper for a period of three months. Approximately one month an...
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OPINION OMAN, Justice. By Chapter 44, Laws of New Mexico (1974) [§§ 72-18-37.24 & 72-18-37.25, N. M.S.A.1953 (1974 Interim Supp.)], which became effective February 20, 1974, the New Mexico Legislature authorized the financing, construction, development and leasing of a state park to be known as Red Rock State Park. The...
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OPINION LOPEZ, Judge. The three defendants were arrested after Officer Hatty of the Albuquerque Police Department found them in possession of material suspected to be marijuana. In a joint trial, all three were convicted of possession of more than eight ounces of marijuana contrary to § 54-11-23, N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl.Vo...
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OPINION OMAN, Justice. This is the second time this case has been before us on appeal from a summary judgment. On the first occasion we reversed the summary judgment and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with our opinion. Pribble v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 84 N.M. 211, 501 P.2d 255 (1972). Upon...
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OPINION LaFEL E. OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals. Appellant seeks reversal of a judgment and sentence of the court entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of the crime of aggravated battery contrary to the provisions of § 40A-3-5, N.M.S.A.1953. He asserts five points relied on for reversal. The facts of the...
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OPINION CARMODY, Chief Justice. Plaintiff instituted a declaratory judgment action, seeking to have a health and accident policy continued in effect. This appeal is from the judgment of dismissal in favor of the defendant. Due to the death of the plaintiff while the appeal was pending, there has been a substitution of ...
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CARMODY, Chief Justice. This case is an outgrowth of the water adjudication suit brought by the state engineer to determine priorities and extent of ownership of water rights in the Roswell Artesian Basin. The district court confirmed the report of the special master and the defendant appeals. The jurisdictional omissi...
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CARMODY, Chief Justice. The employer and its insurer (defendants below) appeal from an award to claimant of compensation for twenty per cent total permanent disability. .The sole question is one of law, relating to.the application of the statutory formula of compensation benefits for partial disability under the Workme...
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OPINION- OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals. On May 26, 1964 an information was filed charging defendant-appellant with the crime of forgery. He was found guilty by the jury, the trial court entered ■judgment and sentence accordingly, and •appellant has taken this appeal from the judgment, tie asserts three points relied up...
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OPINION CHAVEZ, Justice. Plaintiff-appellant appeals from the trial court’s order reducing appellant’s work men’s compensation benefits. Defendants-appellees sought diminution of appellant’s benefits in accordance with § 59-10-25, N.M.S.A., 1953 Comp., as it existed at the time qf appellant’s injury and award. After a ...
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CASWELL S. NEAL, District Judge. An original complaint was filed before the Board of Bar Commissioners by Robert S. Skinner, Chairman of the Committee on Ethics, Grievances and Discipline, against Charles A. Meeker, a member of the Bar of this state. The bases for the complaints set forth therein are: (1)By reason of t...
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CARMODY, Chief Justice.^ Defendant appeals from judgment' and sentence following his conviction by a jury of the crime of larceny. • • The first contention is that the court erred in admitting defendant’s confession because the corpus delicti of the crime of larceny had not been established independent of the confessio...
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CARMODY, Chief Justice. Appellant has prosecuted this appeal from the judgment and sentence following conviction by a jury of a charge of a sale of a narcotic drug, to-wit, marijuana. Two questions are presented, one relating to the sentence and the other to a claim of former jeopardy. In 1962, appellant was charged by...
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OPINION • LaFEL E. OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals. A jury in Curry County, New Mexico, found appellant guilty of murder in the first degree as charged in the information, with recommendation of life imprisonment. The trial court thereupon entered judgment and sentenced appellant to a term of life imprisonment in the sta...
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CHAVEZ, Justice. .-This is an action for a declaratory judgment, filed by the State .Highway Commission . of New Mexico, which alleged that their actions concerning the defendants’ property were a proper exercise of the police power of the state and that no compen-sable taking 'of defendants’ access to State Road 422 r...
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OPINION NOBLE, Justice. George Koury, the defendant below, has appealed from a judgment against him and in favor of Dunson Contractors, Inc., plain tiff below, on account of repairs made by plaintiff to a building owned by defendant. The defendant (appellant) assigned as error: “1. The Court erred in denying and overru...
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OPINION LaFEL E. OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals. This is a suit for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff-appellant, Zoe Mo-zert, as a result of a fall into an unguarded stairwell situate in a storeroom on premises owned by defendant-appellee, Otto Noeding. Plaintiff seeks reversal of a judgment in favor of defendant...
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J. NORMAN HODGES, District Judge. Appellant, warden Cox, has appealed from the decision of the district court which made permanent a writ of habeas corpus, applied for by appellee, and which released and discharged appellee from the custody of the warden. Paragraph (b) of the Petitioner’s Application for Writ of Habeas...
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Ordered that said application for alternative writ of prohibition be and the same is hereby denied.
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COMPTON, Justice. Claiming total disability by reason of an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment, the plaintiff has appealed from a judgment dismissing his claim for workmen’s compensation. The court found: “2. That the plaintiff during the course of his employment, while employed by def...
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OPINION E. T. HENSLEY, Jr., Chief Judge, Court of Appeals. This appeal follows a judgment dispensing with the consent of the natural father to the adoption of his child by a stepparent. The only point urged for reversal of the judgment is the contention that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the finding that the...
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OPINION WALDO SPIESS, Judge, Court of Appeals. This action was instituted for the purpose of foreclosing a real estate mortgage securing a loan made by appellee, Home Savings and Loan Association, to one, William M. Mills. The loan was in the amount of $35,000.00, the proceeds to be used by Mills in the construction of...
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OPINION JOE W. WOOD, Judge, Court of Appeals. This appeal involves the “Use of Other Automobiles” insuring agreement of the defendant’s liability insurance policy. This provision states that if the named insured owns a private passenger automobile covered by the policy, the insurance afforded by the policy under the li...
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WOOD, Judge, Court of Appeals. This appeal involves a dismissal under Rule 41(e) (§ 21-1-1(41) (e), N.M.S.A. 1953). The complaint was filed July 20, 1962. The answer was filed August 15, 1962. Plaintiff filed a motion for immediate trial setting on November 13, 1963. Defendant’s motion to dismiss was filed September 1,...
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OPINION CARMODY, Chief Justice. Defendant appeals from a'jury verdict' in a dispute between the parties over a' contract for the payment for electrical work. ■ ■ Plaintiff, an individual engaged in electrical contracting, contends that ' defendant contracted with him to do various' electrical work on the premises of de...
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OPINION LaFEL E. OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals. The appellant, Julian Romero, was accused by criminal information filed August 6, 1958, with the crime of sodomy. Sometime during the month of September, 1958, the court appointed an attorney to represent appellant throughout the district court proceedings. On September 1...
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OPINION HENDLEY, Judge. Plaintiff Treider undertook to invest part of an inheritance in speculative, over-the-counter stocks. She selected Doherty and Company as a broker, who acted through the defendant Keyes. Keyes failed to mention to Ms. Treider certain facts about some of the stocks he sold to her. She sued under ...
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OPINION McMANUS, Chief Justice. Defendant was charged by indictment with murder in the District Court of Bernalillo County but was never arraigned. On four separate occasions she was found incompetent to stand trial, and on four other separate occasions she was found competent to stand trial. On November 16,-1972, afte...
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OPINION OMAN, Justice. Insofar as pertinent to this appeal, plaintiff sought recovery from defendants of medical expenses and damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by his minor daughter in a single automobile accident. The claim was based on alleged negligence of defendants, who pleaded contributory neglige...
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OPINION SUTIN, Judge. Defendant was sentenced for a term of not less than ten nor more than fifty years for unlawful distribution of heroin pursuant to § 54-ll-20(B), N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 8, pt. 2, 1973 Supp.). Defendant appeals. We remand. Section 54-11-20(B) reads as follows: B.Except as authorized by the Controll...
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CARMODY, Chief Justice. Defendant was charged with larceny of a diamond ring belonging to Jane Byers taken from the possession of the Chaves County sheriff’s office. He appeals from judgment and sentence following his conviction by a jury. It is first asserted that the trial court should have directed a verdict on the ...
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NOBLE, Justice. Institute for Essential Housing, Inc. has appealed from a summary judgment dismissing its cross-complaint against Lawrence E. McKnight. The facts are identical with those in Institute for Essential Housing, Inc. v. Keith, 76 N.M. 492, 416 P.2d 157, in which an opinion was filed this day. Upon authority ...
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OPINION WOOD, Chief Judge. This direct appeal from the Decision and Order of the Commissioner of Revenue involves the liability of the taxpayer for gross receipts and municipal taxes, and interest on the gross receipts tax, for the period January 1, 1969, to November 30, 1971. The taxpayer claims it is not liable becau...
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OPINION. McMANUS, Chief Justice. Plaintiff brought suit against defendants claiming valid and subsisting ownership of certain unpatented mining claims described as the Wall Street Claims Numbers I through VII, inclusive. Plaintiffs also sought damages for alleged slander of title. All damage claims were later withdrawn...
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OPINION NOBLE, Justice. Cruz Torres, Sr. (hereafter termed Torres), an employee of Kennecott Copper Corporation (hereafter termed Kennecott), has appealed from a judgment denying his claim for workmen’s compensation benefits. Torres argues that he submitted medical testimony establishing a causal connection as a medica...
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Ordered that the petition for alternative writ of prohibition be and the same is hereby denied.
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OPINION WOOD, Chief Judge. Huerta appeals a decision- by HSS (Health and Social Services Department) that his household (Huerta and his wife) was not eligible for participation in the food stamp program. HSS determined that after all applicable allowances which reduced income under HSS regulations the “net food stamp i...
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OPINION MARTINEZ, Justice. Plaintiff (appellant) brought suit on February 23, 1973 in the District Court of Dona.Ana County to obtain judgment for breach of contract in the amount of $10,811.58 and for a foreclosure of a Mechanic’s and Materialman’s Lien. Appellant had contracted with Defendant (appellee) to construct ...
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OPINION OMAN, Justice. This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to set aside a judgment pursuant to the provisions of Rule 60(b)(4) of our Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts [§ 21-1-1(60) (b)(4), N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 4, 1970)]. We reverse. In 1967 plaintiffs petitioned the County Commission of ...
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OPINION JOE W. WOOD, Judge, Court of Appeals. This is the second appeal in this workmen’s compensation case. For the first appeal see 74 N.M. 45, 390 P.2d 283. In this appeal defendants raised three issues: (1) there is no evidence °to support a finding under § 59-10-14, N.M.S.A.1953; (2) a compensation award to plaint...
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OPINION CHAVEZ, Justice. Defendant-appellee Jack DiPaolo was the prime contractor for the installation of a water-works system for the village of Ru-idoso Downs. He and plaintiff-appellant entered into a written contract whereby appellant was to perform services and supply materials as a subcontractor. On June 12, 1963...
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OPINION OMAN, Justice. This is the second time this cause has been before us on appeal. On the first occasion a summary judgment in favor of defendants was reversed. Romero v. Sanchez, 83 N.M. 358, 492 P.2d 140 (1971). Plaintiffs are husband and wife, as are defendants. Plaintiff, Raymond (Ramon) L. Romero, and defenda...
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NOBLE, Justice. Following an order of the State Corporation Commission denying its application to change the status of its station at Tularosa to a non-agency station, Southern Pacific Company has removed the cause to the Supreme Court under the provisions of Section 7, Art. XI of the State Constitution, providing, amo...
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MOISE, Justice. We are here called upon to decide if the trial court correctly directed a verdict for defendant at the close of plaintiff’s case. Involved is a claim for damages by a guest growing out of an automobile accident wherein plaintiff was a guest in the car owned and operated by defendant. We must determine i...
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OPINION CPIAVEZ, Justice Plaintiff-appellant appeals from the trial court’s order withdrawing the case from the jury and dismissing the case with prejudice, on the grounds that appellant failed to establish a prima facie case of negligence on the part of appellee, and that appellant was guilty of contributory negligenc...
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OPINION HERNANDEZ, Judge. Defendant was convicted of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon in violation of Section 40A-16-2, N.M.S.A.1953 (2d Repl., Vol. 6). He asserts two points for reversal: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence copies of an advice of rights form and a confession without prope...
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LaFEL E. OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals. The plaintiffs have appealed from a judgment in favor of the defendant entered pursuant to the decision of the trial court made at the close of the trial upon the question of liability. The appellants are the builders and owners of an apartment house in Roswell, New Mexico, and t...
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OPINION MARTINEZ, Justice. Plaintiff (appellant), Santa Fe Sand And Gravel Company, as subcontractor, entered into a Subcontract with defendant (appellee), Pecos Construction Company, Inc., on May 11, 1966 in which appellant was to perform earth moving work in connection with the construction of the New Mexico Public E...
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OPINION COMPTON, Justice. This is the second time the case has been considered by us. Wilson v. Employment Security Commission, 74 N.M. 3, 389 P.2d 855. The question presented for decision on this appeal is whether appellants are entitled to interest on unemployment compensation benefits from the date of the judgment i...
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OPINION LaFEL E. OMAN, Judge, Court of Appeals. These consolidated cases are before this court on appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to verdicts of a jury finding the issues in favor of defendant and against plaintiffs. On September 11, 1962, plaintiffs-decedents were making a delivery of propane from a tank truck...
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NOBLE, Justice. This action was commenced as one to foreclose materialmen’s liens in connection with the construction of the Keith home,’ but by cross-complaint Institute for Essential Housing, Inc. (hereafter termed I.E.H.) sought foreclosure of a note and mortgage executed by the Keiths and allegedly given to I.E.H. ...
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OPINION ZINN, District Judge. Tomas Lucero, appellant, was convicted of first degree murder on July 27, 1972. On August 15, 1972, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He asks that his conviction be reversed, that his sentence be set aside and that he be granted a new trial. Reversal is sought on several grounds. The ...
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NOBLE, Justice. Manuel A. Sanchez owns a twenty-acre tract of land at the southerly side of Santa Fe to which the only access was by a meandering dirt road leading from the Albuquerque-Santa Fe highway across vacant land. Dale Bellamah Homes of New Mexico (hereafter termed “Bellamah”) bought this vacant tract lying bet...
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OPINION HENDLEY, Judge. Convicted of two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance (§ 54 — 11-20, N. M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol.1962, pt. 2, Supp. 1973)) defendant appeals raising three points for reversal: (1) failure to disclose informant’s identity; (2) failure to give an “absent witness” instruction; and, (3) failu...
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OPINION OMAN, Justice. Plaintiff brought suit against defendant in the district court seeking (1) a determination of the respective rights of the parties to the flow of water in China Draw, (2) an injunction commanding defendant to refrain from diverting more than his share of water from the draw, and (3) damages for l...
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OPINION WOOD, Chief Judge. This appeal concerns a second motion for post-conviction relief under § 21 — 1— 1(93), N.M.S.A. (Repl.Vol. 4). The contention is that petitioner did not voluntarily and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal from his conviction for armed robbery. The record shows that petitioner too...
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OPINION ZINN, District Judge. Appellant was the defendant in a divorce action brought by appellee as plaintiff. Six months after the decree was obtained, appellee applied for a modification of the terms of the decree as to child support and division of the community property and sought alimony. Relief was granted appel...
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OPINION LOPEZ, Judge. Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the district court dismissing their amended complaint alleging that the defendants, certified public accountants, negligently prepared certain federal income tax returns, on the ground that the action was barred by the statute of limitations. We reverse. The issu...
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OPINION CAMPOS, District Judge. Meliton and Albina Nolasco, appellees, filed a quiet title action against, among others, Nick (Nicasio) and Vivian Nolasco, appellants. In response to a motion to appoint a special master, the trial court did so. The' motion prayed appointment so that the special master could survey the ...
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OPINION HERNANDEZ, Judge. This case involves the appeal of a judgment arising from a jury verdict for the plaintiff, Oscar F. Crawford (Insured), in an action brought alleging breach of contract and bad faith and negligence of the defendant (Insurer) which resulted in a judgment against the Insurer in the sum of $633,0...
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OPINION OMAN, Justice. This is an original proceeding in mandamus. We heretofore entered an alternative writ and subsequently a peremptory writ commanding the Governor, the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration and the Chief of the Division of Financial Control, Department of Finance and Administrati...
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OPINION OMAN, Justice. Plaintiffs sought to quiet their title to 17.917 acres of land lying in the Syá SEJ4 of a designated section. The westerly 8 acres lie in the SWJ4 SEi/j.. These- 8 acres are the only lands with which we are concerned on this appeal. The district court entered a final judgment and decree quieting ...
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OPINION WOOD, Chief Judge. Defendant appeals his conviction of an attempt to commit armed robbery. Section 40A-28-1, N.M.S.A.1953 (2d Repl. Vol. 6) and § 40A-16-2, N.M.S.A.1953 (2d Repl. Vol. 6, Supp.1973). He complains of remarks made by the prosecutor in the prosecution’s final argument to the jury. We discuss two is...
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Ordered that petition for writ of certiorari be and the same is hereby denied. Further ordered that the record in Court of Appeals Cause No. 1066, 85 N.M. 9, 518 P.2d 1213 be and the same is hereby returned to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
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OPINION McMANUS, Chief Justice. On May 9, 1972, the District Court of Luna County issued its order directing the court clerk of the county to execute a release of a mortgage to Investor Properties, Inc., appellee, and in the same order denied appellant’s (Leonard Farms) request for an accounting. From this order this a...
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OPINION WOOD, Chief Judge. Defendant appeals his conviction of an attempt to commit aggravated burglary. Sections 40A-28-1 and 40A-16-4, N.M.S. A.1953 (2d Repl.Vol. 6). The issues concern: (1) written transcript of the preliminary examination and (2) delay in holding the preliminary examination. Written transcript of t...
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OPINION HARTZ, Judge. Defendant appeals his convictions for second-degree murder and tampering with evidence. He asserts four grounds for reversal of his convictions: (1) the admission into evidence of his confession to Detective Barbara Cantwell; (2) the seizure of four newspaper clippings and a letter during the sear...
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OPINION BLACK, Judge. Defendant Concha is a member of the Taos Pueblo. Plaintiff Salas is a member of the Zia Pueblo who resides in Rio Rancho. Plaintiff Wacondo is a member and resident of the Jemez Pueblo. Plaintiffs’ claims arise out of a shooting committed within the exterior boundaries of the Jemez Pueblo. As a re...
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OPINION FRANCHINI, Justice. Ray Swinney appeals from an order of dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Swinney served as Superintendent of Schools in Deming, New Mexico, District No. 1, of the Deming Board of Education (Board) under a contract of employment. Swinney alleged that in co...
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OPINION BACA, Justice. Plaintiffs-Appellants, The Regents of New Mexico State University, New Mexico State University (“NMSU”), and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (“Aetna”), appealed when the trial court granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee, Siplast, Inc. (“Siplast”). The action arose o...
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OPINION RANSOM, Chief Justice. We issued a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review an opinion of that Court sanctioning forcible police entry pursuant to a warrant within ten to fifteen seconds after the executing officer announced his authority and purpose. See State v. Attaway, 114 N.M. 83, 835 P.2d 81 (...
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OPINION BIVINS, Judge. Convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-31-20(A)(3) (Cum.Supp. 1991), Defendant appeals raising the following issues: (1) whether the no-knock warrant was unlawful; (2) and, if unlawful, whether exigent circumstances existed at the time of ex...
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OPINION FROST, Justice. Plaintiff, Cathi Richardson, appeals the summary judgment entered in favor of defendants, which dismissed plaintiffs claims of legal malpractice and breach of contract. Plaintiffs claims arose from defendants’ advise to settle a personal injury suit against Daniel Castillo who caused injuries to...
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OPINION BLACK, Judge. Defendant appeals his conviction of five counts of dissemination of obscene material in violation of Farmington, New Mexico, Ordinance Number 89-920, Section 21-50.1 (1989) (the Ordinance). He raises four issues on appeal: 1) whether the Farmington Ordinance violates Article II, Section 17 of the ...
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OPINION HARTZ, Judge. Leroy Ortiz appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Administration (WCA) that (1) reduced his previous award of permanent total disability to 55% permanent partial disability and (2) granted Claimants, Barnett & Casbarian, Inc., (Employer) and National Union Fire Insurance Company of ...
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OPINION FLORES, Judge. Employer appeals a workers’ compensation order awarding claimant permanent partial disability benefits. The award of partial disability benefits was based on a combination of amputation of an index finger and part of a thumb, phantom pain, and secondary depression. Employer contends that claimant...
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OPINION DONNELLY, Judge. The Children, Youth & Families Department (the Department) appeals from three orders denying a predecessor agency, the Child Services Division of the State Human Services Department (HSD), an award of costs, and directing that HSD pay costs, including witness and guardian ad litem fees, followi...
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OPINION MINZNER, Judge. On defendants’ motion for rehearing, the prior opinion was withdrawn, and the cause was remanded for a factual inquiry by the district court. That inquiry having been made, a supplemental record and transcript has been filed with this court. After the supplemental record and transcript were file...
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OPINION RANSOM, Justice. State Savings and Loan Association of Lubbock (State Savings) sued E.E. Anderson for money due on two promissory notes and to foreclose a security interest. Anderson, a Texas resident, was engaged in a ready-mix concrete business in New Mexico where at least part of the secured equipment was lo...
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OPINION SCARBOROUGH, Chief Justice. This case is before us on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States. In State v. Earnest, 103 N.M. 95, 703 P.2d 872 (1985), this Court held that defendant was entitled to a new trial because the trial court admitted into evidence against defendant a statement made by an acco...
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ON MOTION FOR REHEARING Petitioner’s motion for rehearing is granted. The Opinion filed December 18, 1986, is withdrawn and the following Opinion is substituted in its place: OPINION RANSQM, Justice. This case is before the Court on writ of certiorari to the court of appeals to review the correctness of that court’s im...
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OPINION BIVINS, Judge. In this wrongful death action, plaintiffs claim their decedent, Alex B. Martinez, fell ill and died after eating “Queso Blanco” cheese manufactured by defendants Max Romero and Genevieve Romero and sold by defendant Kaune’s Food Store. This appeal concerns only the state defendants, in whose favo...
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OPINION GARCIA, Judge. Appellant appeals the fair hearing decision of the Human Services Department (HSD) denying her benefits. The fair hearing decision notice was dated April 28, 1987, and was received by appellant’s representative on April 29, 1987. The notice of appeal was filed in this court on May 29, 1987. HSD m...
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OPINION DONNELLY, Chief Judge. Upon motion for rehearing, the prior opinion of the court is withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted. This is an appeal by defendant as personal representative of the wife’s estate, from a judgment entered following a jury trial in favor of plaintiff as personal representative ...
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