New Mexico Supreme Court· 3/14/1980

State v. Day

Citations

617 P.2d 142
94 N.M. 753

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noting cross-examination of defendant concerning prior robbery conviction was permissible under Rule 609 in light of fact that robbery involves dishonesty
while conduct of prosecutor cannot be condoned, it should not ordinarily bar retrial of charges against defendant
“Use of the motion for a mistrial is not appropriately addressed to mere erroneous rulings of law, but generally is used to specify such fundamental error in a trial as to vitiate the result.”
if comments of prosecutor result in mistrial, but do not appear to be the result of a plan or scheme to cause mistrial, such conduct “may be punished ... by enforcing strict attorney discipline in court”
in an aggravated burglary trial, allowed prior robbery conviction
shoplifting involves dishonesty or false statement

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Judges: Felter, Easley, Payne, Federici, Sosa

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