New Mexico Supreme Court· 5/5/1981

State v. Venegas

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628 P.2d 306
96 N.M. 61

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holding that the defendant was not entitled to a mistake of fact instruction because such an instruction would be duplicative of other instructions
holding that it was 9 not reversible error to fail to give a mistake-of-fact instruction when that concept was 10 covered by an instruction on justifiable homicide
finding of justifiable homicide in defense of another requires substantial evidence that the defendant reasonably believed his actions were necessary to prevent an apparent immediate danger to another
defendant is entitled to have jury instructed on his theories of the case if they are supported by the evidence
not reversible error to fail to give mistake-of-fact instruction when that concept is covered by other instructions
“Ordinarily, a defendant is not entitled to a specific 16 instruction where the jury has already been adequately instructed upon the matter by 17 other instructions.”

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Judges: Riordan, Easley, Payne, Federici, Sosa

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