STATE v. AUGUSTIN M.

Nos. 22,900, 22,715, 22,768.

68 P.3d 182 (2003)

133 N.M. 636

2003-NMCA-065

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AUGUSTIN M., Child-Appellant. State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vicki Lynn Flenniken, Defendant-Appellant. State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard Lawrence Chavez a/k/a Rus Ritchie Sclassie, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied April 17, 2003.

Certiorari Granted April 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, Katherine Zinn (Docket No. 22,900), Patricia Gandert (Docket No. 22,715), Assistant Attorneys General, Santa Fe, NM, M. Anne Kelly (Docket No. 22,768), Assistant Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, for State of New Mexico.

David Henderson, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant in Docket No. 22,900.

John B. Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Karl Erich Martell, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant in Docket No. 22,715.

John B. Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Josephine H. Ford, Assistant Appellate Defender, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee in Docket No. 22,768.


Certiorari Denied, No. 27,997 April 17, 2003.

Certiorari Granted, Nos. 27,996, 27,995, April 21, 2003.

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

{1} Three cases on appeal present the issue whether failure to instruct a grand jury on a target's probable trial defenses requires dismissal of the indictment. We consolidate the three appeals and hold that the rule requiring instruction to the grand jury on the essential elements...

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