New Mexico Supreme Court· 7/7/1995

State v. Baca

Citations

902 P.2d 65
120 N.M. 383

How courts have described this case

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

noting that amendment requiring prior inconsistent statement to have been made under oath does not apply to defendant whose case was filed prior to effective date
stating that “[t]he doctrine of curative admissibility . . . is well established in the common law of evidence”
recognizing that New Mexico adopted curative admissibility
providing that “[k]idnapping is the unlawful taking, restraining, transporting or confining of a person, by force, intimidation or deception, with intent . . . to inflict death, physical injury or a sexual offense on the victim”
defendant’s failure to object to prosecutor’s improper remark cannot be used as a basis to overturn defendant’s conviction
trial court should have admitted video tape under rule of completeness

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Judges: Ransom, Baca, Franchini

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