Torres v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that if state proves killing with only ordinary malice, it is second-degree murder, but if state proves intensified malice, defendant may be convicted of first-degree murder
• stating that if state proves killing with only ordinary malice, it is second-degree murder, but if state proves intensified malice, defendant may be convicted of first-degree murder
• “Deliberation is more than mere premeditation and is the distinguishing characteristic of first degree murder.”
• “deliberation * * * involves a thinking over with calm and reflective mind, or involves a fixed and settled purpose and coolness of mind * * *.”
• 'deliberation * * * involves a thinking over with calm and reflective mind, or involves a fixed and settled purpose and coolness of mind * * *.'

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bernard Austin v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1967-06-16· cited 234×
• State v. Coffin
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1999-10-06· cited 171×
• State v. Campos
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1996-05-30· cited 143×
• State v. Rodriguez
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1970-05-11· cited 58×
• State v. Robinson
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1980-04-14· cited 46×
• State v. Aguilar
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-04-11· cited 28×
• State v. King
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1977-04-19· cited 28×
• State v. Ulibarri
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1960-09-15· cited 27×
• State v. Southerland
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1983-11-03· cited 21×
• State v. Rushing
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1973-09-21· cited 21×
• State v. Tapia
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1970-01-12· cited 19×
• State v. Aragon
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1973-07-05· cited 14×
• State v. Omar-Muhammad
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1987-05-13· cited 13×
• State v. Hall
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1935-12-24· cited 10×
• Jones v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1949-06-20· cited 4×
• State v. Young
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1947-03-19· cited 4×
• State v. Kappel
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1949-03-24· cited 4×
• State v. Romero
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1938-05-02· cited 1×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Smith
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1921-01-22· cited 40×
• State v. Trujillo
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1921-12-23· cited 30×
• State v. Kile
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1923-08-27· cited 23×
• State v. Speyer
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1907-12-10· cited 13×
• State v. Sanchez
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1921-02-15· cited 9×
• State v. Mangano
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1909-03-01· cited 9×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1907-03-04· cited 7×