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.