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State v. Chavez

Citations

  • 867 P.2d 1189
  • 116 N.M. 807

How courts have described this case

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  • observing that the offered evidence would have been cumulative of impeachment testimony already offered at trial and “[a]bsent the evidence’s impeachment value it could not have any bearing on Defendant’s innocence”
  • noting that the “trial court is in the best position to evaluate the evidence of prejudice” to the defense
  • noting that the “trial court is in the best position to evaluate the evidence of prejudice” to the defense
  • stating that the “trier of facts weighs the testimony, determines credibility of witnesses, reconciles inconsistent or contradictory statements of a witness, and determines where the truth lies”
  • stating that the “trier of facts weighs the testimony, determines credibility of witnesses, reconciles inconsistent or contradictory statements of a witness, and determines where the truth lies”
  • observing that “evidence is material when there is a realistic 16 basis, beyond extrapolated speculation, for supposing that availability of the lost 17 evidence would have undercut the prosecution’s case” (internal quotation marks and 18 citation omitted)

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Judges: Black, Minzner, Hartz

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