State Supreme Court / N.M.

State v. Sosa

Decided July 18, 1997. Joseph Francis Baca wrote the opinion for the court.

943 P.2d 1017 · Cited 102 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Swafford v. State · 810 P.2d 1223
State v. Parish · 878 P.2d 988
Santillanes v. State · 849 P.2d 358
State v. Isiah · 781 P.2d 293
State v. Litteral · 793 P.2d 268
State v. Gonzales · 824 P.2d 1023
State v. Abeyta · 901 P.2d 164
Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
State v. Apodaca · 887 P.2d 756
State v. Lucero · 863 P.2d 1071
State v. Volpato · 696 P.2d 471
Churchman v. Dorsey · 919 P.2d 1076
State v. Simonson · 669 P.2d 1092
State v. Pace · 456 P.2d 197
State v. Green · 861 P.2d 954
State v. Martinez · 905 P.2d 715

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State v. Franco · 2005 NMSC 13
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