New Mexico Supreme Court· 1/20/1983

State v. Garcia

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664 P.2d 969
99 N.M. 771

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concluding that evidence existed to support a theory that the deceased had insulted the defendant’s prison gang and the insult was the defendant’s motive for the killing
concluding that evidence existed to support a theory that the deceased had insulted the defendant's prison gang and the insult was the defendant's motive for the killing
discussing duty of court “to excise evidence of uncharged acts if it can be done without destroying the relevancy of the evidence which addresses the charges, defenses or issues”
defining “similar cases” as New Mexico cases where the defendant is convicted of capital murder under the same aggravating circumstance and receives life imprisonment or the death penalty
defining \similar cases\ as New Mexico cases where the defendant is convicted of capital murder under the same aggravating circumstance and receives life imprisonment or the death penalty
in determining whether to impose the death penalty, jury must determine whether murder committed under aggravating circumstances as “charged”

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Judges: Riordan, Payne, Federici, Stowers, Sosa

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