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State v. Barton

Citations

  • 439 P.2d 719
  • 79 N.M. 70

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that statements to police could not be construed as connecting defendant with crime and therefore person making statement was not a “witness against” defendant
  • holding that a person who reported the location of the defendant to the police but was not called as a witness to testify was not a witness against the accused and thus there was no Sixth Amendment right to cross-examine the person
  • an informer is neither a witness nor an accuser within the meaning of the confrontation clause

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Judges: Oman, Noble, Compton

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