New Mexico Supreme Court· 5/3/1974
State v. Herrera
Citations
- 522 P.2d 76
- 86 N.M. 224
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- ruling that when a legislative body’s perceived legislative intent fails to coincide with a statute’s wording, it is the perceived intent, and not the statute’s literal language, that we must vindicate
- stating that in construing a statute we consider the object of the statute
- “We will not construe statutes to achieve an absurd result or to defeat the intended object of the legislature.”
- statute construed based on perceived legislative object and purpose, rather than on literal language
- \We will not construe statutes to achieve an absurd result or to defeat the intended object of the [L]egislature.\
- “We will not construe statutes to achieve an absurd result or to defeat the intended object of the [L]egislature.”
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Judges: Stephenson, McManus, Oman, Montoya, Martinez
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33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State Ex Rel. Helman v. GallegosNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-03-07· cited 289×
- State v. SmithNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2004-09-16· cited 194×
- State Ex Rel. Bird v. ApodacaNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1977-12-28· cited 71×
- State v. WilsonNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2009-10-20· cited 47×
- Investment Co. of the Southwest v. ReeseNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-04-21· cited 42×
- Faber v. KingNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2015-03-12· cited 37×
- Maes v. Audubon Indemnity Insurance GroupNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2007-06-15· cited 31×
- State v. PendleyNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1979-03-22· cited 28×
- State v. AlderetteNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1990-12-13· cited 21×
- State v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1974-07-31· cited 21×
- Lopez v. Ski Apache ResortNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1992-04-24· cited 19×
- State v. SanchezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1975-01-29· cited 17×
- State v. FranklinNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1993-10-29· cited 16×
- State v. MullerNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2022-02-09· cited 16×
- State v. DebarryNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1974-10-09· cited 13×
- State v. BarelaNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1981-01-19· cited 12×
- State v. BranhamNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2004-09-30· cited 12×
- State v. TuckerNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1974-06-05· cited 9×
- State v. SenaNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2023-03-13· cited 9×
- State v. FarishNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2017-07-31· cited 8×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. NanceNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1966-10-10· cited 119×
- Peyton v. NordNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1968-02-26· cited 71×
- Trujillo v. RomeroNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1971-02-15· cited 41×
- Fort v. NealNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1968-09-09· cited 34×
- State v. ThomsonNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1969-01-20· cited 22×
- State v. HerreraNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1974-02-15· cited 6×
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