· 4/19/1968
State v. Manlove
Citations
- 441 P.2d 229
- 79 N.M. 189
- 1968 NMCA 023
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “We do feel that generally the better practice would be to conduct this examination outside the presence of the jury.”
- the better practice is to conduct voir dire of a child outside the presence of the jury, but the trial court may permit voir dire in front of the jury in the exercise of its discretion
- “We are of the opinion that the voir dire examination as to competency need not be conducted in the absence of the jury. This decision must be left to the sound discretion of the trial court.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Oman, Spiess, Armijo'
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