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Mathis v. State

Citations

  • 819 P.2d 1302
  • 112 N.M. 744

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that dismissal for discovery violations was an extreme remedy, but warranted under the facts of the case
  • holding that failing to make a specific objection to the propriety of the ordered discovery at the time of its issue results in abandonment of the issue on appeal
  • holding that failing to make a specific objection to the propriety of the ordered discovery at the time of its issue results in abandonment of the issue on appeal
  • recognizing that the “right of cross-examination is a part of the constitutional right to be confronted with the witnesses against one” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
  • finding there to be a “substantial basis for supposing” that certain unavailable evidence “might undercut the prosecutor’s case,” thereby prejudicing the defense, and holding as a consequence that dismissal was appropriate
  • \[I]f the court has previously ordered it disclosed further objection to its disclosure is moot and it must be produced\

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Judges: Feanchini, Sosa, Montgomery

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