[Download] "State V. Orosco" by New Mexico Supreme Court * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Orosco
- Author : New Mexico Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 07, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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The first two of these three cases were filed in this Court after the court of appeals issued its opinion in each defendant's appeal from his district court convictions involving criminal sexual contact of a minor (CSCM) and certain other offenses. After both defendants had filed their briefs in the court of appeals, we held in State v. Osborne, 111 N.M. 654, 808 P.2d 624 (1991), that "unlawfulness" is an element of CSCM. In light of that decision, the court of appeals certified the first two cases to us, pursuant to NMSA 1978, Section 34-5-14(C) (Repl. Pamp. 1990), to answer the following question: "whether the conviction[s] of criminal sexual contact of a child under the age of thirteen must be set aside and remanded for new trial in light of" Osborne. The opinions of the court of appeals raising this question and recommending how the other questions raised on each defendant's appeal should be resolved will be published together with this opinion.*fn1 The facts in each case are set out in the applicable opinion. We accepted each certification, consolidated the two cases, and received simultaneous briefs from both sides addressing the issue certified.