New Mexico Supreme Court· 6/6/1984

State v. Finnell

Citations

688 P.2d 769
101 N.M. 732

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holding that capital jury does not have to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the death penalty is the appropriate sentence
holding that capital jury does not have to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the death penalty is the appropriate sentence
affirming trial court’s refusal of defendant’s duress instruction in a first degree murder case
adopting the common law duress rule for both murder and attempted murder charges
in an appeal from a conviction for first-degree intentional murder, the court noted that duress is not a defense to homicide
in an appeal from a conviction for first-degree intentional murder, the court noted that duress is not a defense to homicide

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Judges: Stowers, Federici, Riordan, Sosa, Walters

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