State v. Melton

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• no error where dictionary definitions did not vary from usual ordinary meanings of words or from meanings contained in trial court’s instructions
• while Rule 606(B) effectively precludes defendant from showing the affect on verdict of improper communication to jury, presumption that improper communication amounts to prejudice satisfies the requirements of due process
• jurors’ consideration of dictionary definitions which did not vary from the usual ordinary meaning of those words, or from the meaning contained in the trial court’s instructions did not prejudice the defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Harris
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-04-17· cited 71×
• People v. Messenger
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1997-04-09· cited 63×
• State v. Mann
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2002-01-11· cited 60×
• Kilgore v. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2009-05-29· cited 57×
• Drew Ryser v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-11-25· cited 55×
• Gallegos Ex Rel. Gallegos v. Southwest Community Health Services
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1994-03-08· cited 54×
• State v. Sacoman
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1988-09-27· cited 25×
• State v. Pierce
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-02-27· cited 22×
• Goodloe v. Bookout
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1999-02-17· cited 22×
• Empire West Companies, Inc. v. Albuquerque Testing Laboratories, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-10-29· cited 22×
• Rutland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-03-17· cited 17×
• Eberline Instrument Corp. v. Felix
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1985-10-31· cited 16×
• State v. Rivera
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-09-09· cited 15×
• Prudencio Ex Rel. Estate of Prudencio v. Gonzales
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1986-10-07· cited 12×
• Hurst v. Citadel, Ltd.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1991-01-08· cited 10×
• State v. Tufts
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2016-06-02· cited 9×
• Lamkin v. Garcia
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1987-05-21· cited 4×
• State v. Tufts
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2015-06-19· cited 4×
• Loni Marie Rutland v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-08-24
• State v. Tufts
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2015-04-07

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Remmer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1954-03-08· cited 1,718×
• United States v. Edwin Duncan, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-05-10· cited 141×
• Little v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1934-11-20· cited 102×
• State v. Gutierrez
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1967-10-27· cited 64×
• State v. Beal
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1944-02-14· cited 44×
• Alvarez v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-11-15· cited 42×
• State v. Moss
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1971-07-30· cited 40×
• State v. Ho'o
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1982-10-14· cited 28×
• State v. Doe
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1983-04-24· cited 27×
• State v. Horton
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1953-06-12· cited 26×
• Gertz v. Bass
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1965-05-10· cited 23×
• State v. Sanchez
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1974-12-11· cited 14×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-06-20· cited 13×
• Padilla v. Hooks International, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1982-10-19· cited 9×
• Holland v. Levine
  New York Supreme Court· 1963-05-06· cited 4×