STATE v. MASCARENAS

No. 202.

451 P.2d 567 (1968)

80 N.M. 74

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus Esteban MASCARENAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1968.

Certiorari Granted January 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Gordon Robertson, Robertson & Robertson, Raton, for defendant-appellant.

Boston E. Witt, Atty. Gen., Donald W. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

ARMIJO, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. In his bid to overturn the conviction he questions the adequacy of the preliminary hearing and claims his right to cross-examine under § 41-3-8, N.M.S.A. 1953 (repl. vol. 6, 1964) was denied because of the examining magistrate's refusal of his demand to examine, for possible use on cross-examination, the prior written statement given by a state's witness.

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