STATE v. DUARTE

No. 15581.

915 P.2d 309 (1996)

121 N.M. 553

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe Angel DUARTE, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied March 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Attorney General, Daniel F. Haft, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

T. Glenn Ellington, Chief Public Defender, David Henderson, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for Defendant-Appellant.


OPINION

BUSTAMANTE, Judge.

1. Defendant appeals his convictions for voluntary manslaughter and conspiracy to tamper with evidence, as well as the enhancement of his sentence under the provisions of the habitual-offender statute. There was evidence that Defendant stabbed the victim during a fight arising out of an argument and that all parties involved were intoxicated at the time of the argument. Defendant was charged with second-degree murder, tampering...

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