New Mexico Supreme Court· 11/29/1983

State v. Doe

Citations

672 P.2d 654
100 N.M. 481

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holding that “a defendant cannot sit back and insert error into a trial by his or her inaction and receive an automatic reversal when the crime has been fairly instructed on”
holding that “a defendant cannot sit back and 17 insert error into a trial by his or her inaction and receive an automatic reversal when 18 the crime has been fairly instructed on”
holding that the failure to follow a use note stating that a UJI 19 instruction for general criminal intent must be given to the jury is not automatic 9 1 grounds for reversal absent a defendant’s request or objection during trial
“The language in a Use Note ... cannot elevate a jury instruction to the status of an essential element.”
failure to instruct on general criminal intent was not jurisdictional error requiring automatic reversal, where respondent did not tender such instruction or object to not giving the instruction
failure to instruct on general criminal intent was not jurisdictional error requiring automatic reversal, where respondent did not tender such instruction or object to not giving the instruction

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Judges: Riordan, Payne, Federici, Stowers, Sosa

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