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· 9/27/1988

State v. Sacoman

Citations

  • 762 P.2d 250
  • 107 N.M. 588

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that evidence of defendant’s distribution of cocaine was properly admitted when defendant claimed that he was only on the periphery of drug activities because “[i]t is proper for the State to correct a false impression generated by the defendant”
  • holding that all evidence must be “screened through the judicial process”
  • holding that all evidence must be \screened through the judicial process\
  • stating that extraneous information improperly considered during deliberations creates a presumption of prejudice
  • “It is proper for the State to correct a false impression generated by the defendant.”
  • extraneous information created a presumption of prejudice that the trial court reasonably found to have been overcome

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Judges: Ransom, Sosa, Stowers

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