New Mexico Supreme Court· 8/27/1985
State v. Saavedra
Citations
- 705 P.2d 1133
- 103 N.M. 282
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding evidence of commission of similar robberies by a third person, where the defense theory was that the third person committed the robbery
- holding that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to admit evidence that was highly probative on the issue of defendant’s improper identity defense and crucial to the defendant’s principal theory of defense
- finding that improperly admitted evidence of the defendant’s prior conviction could not be cured by an instruction because evidence of the defendant’s guilt was not overwhelmingly persuasive
- “The case law in New Mexico is clear and consistent in holding that erroneous admission of evidence of prior crimes of the accused is error, absent special circumstances.”
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Judges: Walters, Federici, Sosa
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25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. DuffyNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1998-05-20· cited 205×
- State v. BelangerNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2009-05-12· cited 161×
- State v. SmithNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2016-02-15· cited 115×
- Lucero v. KerbyTenth Circuit· 1998-01-08· cited 114×
- State v. RoybalNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1992-10-14· cited 106×
- State v. PetersNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-06-19· cited 74×
- State v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2008-10-09· cited 63×
- State v. GonzalesNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2000-08-09· cited 61×
- Rainville v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-11-06· cited 55×
- State v. AguayoNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1992-04-17· cited 46×
- State v. SaavedraNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1988-12-21· cited 39×
- State v. LuceroNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1992-09-29· cited 34×
- State v. GibsonNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1992-02-10· cited 30×
- State v. HernandezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2016-11-28· cited 28×
- State v. ErvinNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2007-10-10· cited 26×
- State v. MontoyaNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1993-08-06· cited 25×
- State v. MercerNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2004-12-29· cited 25×
- State v. ArmijoNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2013-10-08· cited 25×
- State v. DuquetteNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1999-12-30· cited 20×
- State v. SalazarNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-07-08· cited 10×
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. SimonsonNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1983-09-23· cited 91×
- State v. VialpandoNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1979-06-28· cited 64×
- State v. RossNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1975-05-14· cited 44×
- State v. SanchezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1982-06-24· cited 40×
- State v. CheadleNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1984-01-05· cited 40×
- State v. BeachumNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1981-08-11· cited 36×
- State v. AllenNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1978-05-23· cited 34×
- State v. KingNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1977-04-19· cited 28×
- State v. SchifaniNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1978-08-08· cited 26×
- State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1979-02-01· cited 22×
- State v. MartinezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1980-01-31· cited 13×
- Casaus v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1980-02-25· cited 9×
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