New Mexico Supreme Court· 2/10/1983

State v. Martinez

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658 P.2d 428
99 N.M. 353

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holding that a motion for mistrial was properly denied when the judge admonished the jury to disregard the defendant's outbursts
holding that a motion for mistrial was properly denied when the judge admonished the jury to disregard the defendant’s outbursts
recognizing that the prosecutor’s characterization of the defendant as a “chola punk” was inappropriate but finding that any prejudice that might have resulted was adequately cured by instructions to the jury to disregard it
recognizing that the prosecutor’s characterization of the 2 1 defendant as a “chola punk” was inappropriate but finding that any prejudice that 2 might have resulted was adequately cured by instructions to the jury to disregard it
extent of voir dire left to sound discretion of trial court and limited only by essential demands of fairness
prosecutor’s reference to the defendant as a “chola punk” was determined to be inappropriate and the trial court “strongly reprimanded the prosecutor for the remark”

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Judges: Payne, Riordan, Sosa

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