New Mexico Supreme Court· 12/5/1996

State v. Brown

Citations

931 P.2d 69
122 N.M. 724
1996 NMSC 073

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stating that evidence of intoxication “may not be used ... to reduce second}] degree murder to voluntary manslaughter, or involuntary manslaughter or to completely excuse a defendant from the consequences of his unlawful act”
stating that evidence of intoxication “may not be used . . . to reduce second[]degree murder to voluntary manslaughter, or involuntary manslaughter or to completely excuse a defendant from the consequences of his unlawful act”
“[I]t is for the jury to weigh the credibility of the witnesses____”
discussing elements of depraved-mind murder

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Judges: Franchini, Ransom, McKinnon, Baca, Minzner

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