Cook v. Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that grand juries may inquire only into public offenses; “that is, criminal conduct or malfeasance proscribed by state law”
• recognizing New Mexico’s procedure permitting citizens to petition for convening a grand jury as rare
• “[T]he sole issue committed to the discretion of the court appears to be verification that the petition meets the constitutional conditions, namely whether the petition contains the requisite number of signatures and whether the signatories are registered voters of the county.”
• “[T]he sole issue committed to the discretion of the court appears to be verification that the petition meets the constitutional conditions, namely whether the petition contains the requisite number of signatures and whether the signatories are registered voters of the county.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• DIST. CT. OF SECOND JUD. DIST. v. McKenna
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-09-21· cited 8×
• N.M. Bldg. and Constr. Trades Council v. Dean
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2015-06-15· cited 8×
• In Re Rescue Ecoversity Petition
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2011-11-15· cited 7×
• Pino v. Rich
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-09-30· cited 5×
• Convisser v. Ecoversity
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2013-08-15· cited 4×
• State Ex Rel. Deschamps v. Kase
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1992-07-07· cited 3×
• District Court of the Second Judicial District v. McKenna
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-09-21· cited 3×
• In re Rescue Ecoversity Petition
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2012-01-17

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State Ex Rel. Ogden v. Hunt
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1955-04-26· cited 76×
• Lovato v. City of Albuquerque
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1987-09-10· cited 33×
• State Ex Rel. Harris v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1975-10-01· cited 7×
• State Ex Rel. Deschamps v. Kase
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1992-07-07· cited 3×