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State v. Parish

Citations

  • 878 P.2d 988
  • 118 N.M. 39

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “ ‘an erroneous instruction cannot be cured by a subsequent correct one’ ”
  • holding that \`an erroneous instruction cannot be cured by a subsequent correct one'\
  • holding that a self-defense instruction is warranted when the facts are “sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury as to whether or not the defendant acted in self-defense”
  • explaining that reversible error review only asks whether “a reasonable juror would have been confused or misdirected”
  • stating that reversible error arises when “a reasonable juror would have been confused or misdirected”
  • indicating that excuse or justification ought to be decided by the factfinder when the evidence permits

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Judges: Frost, Montgomery, Baca

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