New Mexico Supreme Court
State v. Guerra
May 10, 20121 N.M. Ct. App. 687
Summary
The Court affirmed the first-degree murder conviction, holding that Defendant was not entitled to a self-defense instruction and that the district court properly excluded untimely or minimally relevant defense evidence. It also upheld the exclusion of additional jail letters, denial of a new trial, and rejection of the cumulative-error claim because no trial error occurred.