State v. Barela

Citations

• 23 N.M. 395

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS OF THE COURT.</p> <p>Evidence of the correspondence of the tracks of defendants, made by them under compulsion of the sheriff, with those found at the scene of the alleged crime of arson and leading therefrom, and evidence of the fitting of the shoes of defendants, taken from them by the sheriff, into tracks found at the scene of the crime, is not inadmissible, as violative of the constitutional guaranty against compulsory self-incrimination. Thejgrivilege protects a person from any disclosure sqj^ght._by-Jegappr°cess againstATim_a_s a witness. The fact that evidence is the result of an unlawful search or seizure, or is obtained by force or intimidation by private persons or officers, when not under sanction of judicial pr'ocess, ordinarily has no effect whatever upon its admissibility.</p>