New Mexico Supreme Court· 11/30/1983

Jackson v. State

Citations

672 P.2d 660
100 N.M. 487

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concluding that absence in jury instruction of an essential element of the crime is reversible error
reversing Court of Appeals’ decision that refused to find error where defendant submitted incorrect instructions
premising reversal based on improper jury instructions on the court’s discretion “to prevent injustice where a fundamental right of the accused has been violated”
premising reversal based on improper jury instructions on the court's discretion \to prevent injustice where a fundamental right of the accused has been violated\
stating it “is within the province of [the appellate court], in its discretion, to prevent injustice where a fundamental right of the accused has been violated”
“[T]here may be fundamental error if the instruction given differs materially from the required instruction,”

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Judges: Sosa, Payne, Federici, Riordan, Stowers

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