New Mexico Supreme Court· 1/13/1984
State v. Brown
Citations
- 676 P.2d 253
- 100 N.M. 726
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a verdict may be supported by direct or circumstantial evidence
- stating that “[a]ny amount of penetration” with a penis “is sufficient to complete the crime [of CSP]” but failing to explain what part of the female genitalia must be penetrated
- rejecting a Sanchez-based standard of review stated as, “whether a jury could reasonably find that the circumstantial evidence is inconsistent with every reasonable hypothesis of innocence”
- rejecting the proposition that a court reviewing a conviction based on 8 circumstantial evidence must determine whether the evidence was “inconsistent with 9 every reasonable hypothesis of innocence”
- stating appellate standard of review of sufficiency of evidence in criminal cases
- “[m]atters affecting the witness’s bias or motive to testify falsely are to be attacked through cross-examination, rather than the exclusion of a witness.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Stowers, Federici, Payne
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46 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2005-06-21· cited 182×
- MacK v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 92×
- State v. BoeglinNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1987-01-21· cited 83×
- King v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1991-05-03· cited 81×
- State v. CopelandNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1986-08-19· cited 68×
- State v. PenningtonNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1993-03-16· cited 61×
- State v. DuranNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1988-10-12· cited 51×
- Montgomery v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1987-08-19· cited 51×
- State ex rel. Department of Human Services v. WilliamsNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1989-02-17· cited 51×
- State v. BankertNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-05-02· cited 47×
- State v. MuiseNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1985-08-29· cited 43×
- State v. NewmanNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1989-10-17· cited 43×
- State v. MontoyaNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2002-12-16· cited 40×
- State v. TrevinoNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1991-07-02· cited 38×
- State v. JamesNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1989-11-02· cited 30×
- State v. RuffinsNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-04-11· cited 29×
- State v. MunizNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1990-09-13· cited 28×
- State v. TafoyaNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2009-09-11· cited 27×
- State v. HaarNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1990-06-26· cited 26×
- State v. SantillanesNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1990-03-15· cited 25×
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- State v. BellNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1977-03-01· cited 115×
- State v. CaseNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1984-01-13· cited 64×
- State v. HutchinsonNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1983-03-16· cited 53×
- State v. TovarNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1982-09-30· cited 42×
- State v. SanchezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1982-06-24· cited 40×
- State v. WilliamsNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1967-10-09· cited 40×
- State v. MartinNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1949-08-29· cited 30×
- State v. AdamsNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1976-11-02· cited 26×
- State v. CarterNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1979-09-13· cited 26×
- State v. HollyNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1968-09-06· cited 13×
- State v. KenardNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1975-06-18· cited 7×
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