New Mexico Supreme Court· 5/6/1980
State v. Smith
Citations
- 610 P.2d 1208
- 94 N.M. 379
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- multiple criminal acts may be divided into multiple criminal counts if legislative policy so permits
- four separate drug trafficking convictions upheld against double jeopardy challenge, partly based on public policy of easing diagnosis and treatment of drug use
- defendant could be separately convicted and sentenced for four counts of possession with intent to distribute four drugs that were all possessed at the same time
- trafficking of different types of narcotic drugs permits separate offenses
- multiple convictions and punishments under single statute
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Judges: Easley, Sosa, Payne, Federici, Felter
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Swafford v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1991-05-01· cited 537×
- State v. PierceNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-05-17· cited 89×
- State v. JohnsonNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1985-10-01· cited 72×
- State v. WilliamsNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1986-11-26· cited 42×
- State v. CuevasNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1980-09-29· cited 31×
- State v. HubbardNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1992-01-31· cited 24×
- State v. EdwardsNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1985-03-06· cited 19×
- State v. McCoyNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1993-07-09· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. GrubbKentucky Supreme Court· 1993-09-30· cited 19×
- State v. WhiteNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1980-07-17· cited 16×
- State v. MartinezNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1989-06-01· cited 16×
- State v. UriosteNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1980-07-22· cited 5×
- State v. GarciaNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2022-03-10· cited 3×
- State v. GonzalesNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2024-07-15
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