evidentiary basis instruction (New Mexico) · Go Syfert
← New Mexico issues

evidentiary basis instruction in New Mexico

6 New Mexico opinions name it 1 courts 2015–2024 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by New Mexico courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Andradegreen
nmctapp · 1997 · cited in 1 New Mexico opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024See Andrade, 1998-NMCA-031, ¶¶ 2-11 (affirming a district court’s rejection of the defendant’s tendered jury instruction because the only evidentiary basis for the instruction would require the jury to engage in “unrealistic mental gymnastics, picking and choosing portions of testimony from witnesses who totally contradicted one another”); State v. Wilson, 1993-NMCA-074 , ¶¶ 15-18, 117 N.M. 11 , 868 P.2d 656 (holding that a tendered lesser-included offense instruction was properly rejected where the defendant argued that a composite version of select portions of victim’s and defendant’s contra

11
State v. Galindogreen
nm · 2023 · cited in 1 New Mexico opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024See Andrade, 1998-NMCA-031, ¶¶ 2-11 (affirming a district court’s rejection of the defendant’s tendered jury instruction because the only evidentiary basis for the instruction would require the jury to engage in “unrealistic mental gymnastics, picking and choosing portions of testimony from witnesses who totally contradicted one another”); State v. Wilson, 1993-NMCA-074 , ¶¶ 15-18, 117 N.M. 11 , 868 P.2d 656 (holding that a tendered lesser-included offense instruction was properly rejected where the defendant argued that a composite version of select portions of victim’s and defendant’s contra

11
State v. Candelariagreen
nm · 2018 · cited in 1 New Mexico opinions naming this issue, 2019–2019
1 sentence

2019See State v. Candelaria, 2019-NMSC-004 , ¶ 35, 434 P.3d 297 (holding the district court did not commit error when it failed to give a no-retreat instruction in the absence of an evidentiary basis for the instruction).

11
State v. Barbergreen
nm · 2004 · cited in 1 New Mexico opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
1 sentence

2015See Barber, 2004-NMSC-019, ¶ 25 (recognizing the necessity for jury instruction when absence of clarification would render the jury’s understanding of the law deficient).

11

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in New Mexico. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Anderson green
nmctapp · 2015
2 sentences

2019Id. {11} In reviewing the defendant’s fundamental error claim, we explained that where “the evidentiary basis for the instruction has been laid, UJI 14-5190 informs jurors of what is reasonable under the third prong of [UJI 14-5171 NMRA, the uniform jury instruction on self-defense].” Anderson, 2016-NMCA-007, ¶ 14 .

2019Anderson, 2016-NMCA-007, ¶ 14 ; see also UJI 14-5171 NMRA (listing as an element of self-defense that “[a] reasonable person in the same circumstances as the defendant would have acted as the defendant did”).

22019–2019
State v. Wilson green
nmctapp · 1993
2 sentences

2024See Andrade, 1998-NMCA-031, ¶¶ 2-11 (affirming a district court’s rejection of the defendant’s tendered jury instruction because the only evidentiary basis for the instruction would require the jury to engage in “unrealistic mental gymnastics, picking and choosing portions of testimony from witnesses who totally contradicted one another”); State v. Wilson, 1993-NMCA-074 , ¶¶ 15-18, 117 N.M. 11 , 868 P.2d 656 (holding that a tendered lesser-included offense instruction was properly rejected where the defendant argued that a composite version of select portions of victim’s and defendant’s contra

2024See Andrade, 1998-NMCA-031, ¶¶ 2-11 (affirming a district court’s rejection of the defendant’s tendered jury instruction because the only evidentiary basis for the instruction would require the jury to engage in “unrealistic mental gymnastics, picking and choosing portions of testimony from witnesses who totally contradicted one another”); State v. Wilson, 1993-NMCA-074 , ¶¶ 15-18, 117 N.M. 11 , 868 P.2d 656 (holding that a tendered lesser-included offense instruction was properly rejected where the defendant argued that a composite version of select portions of victim’s and defendant’s contra

12024–2024
State v. Adamo green
nmctapp · 2017
2 sentences

2019See id. ¶¶ 35-37 (determining that there was no error in the district court’s failure to submit a no-retreat instruction where the evidentiary basis for the instruction was not laid and the defendant did not argue that he had no duty to retreat); State v. Adamo, 2018-NMCA-013, ¶ 27 , 409 P.3d 1002 (“Since there was no reversible error, it follows that there was no fundamental error in the instructions.”).

2019See id. ¶¶ 35-37 (determining that there was no error in the district court’s failure to submit a no-retreat instruction where the evidentiary basis for the instruction was not laid and the defendant did not argue that he had no duty to retreat); State v. Adamo, 2018-NMCA-013, ¶ 27 , 409 P.3d 1002 (“Since there was no reversible error, it follows that there was no fundamental error in the instructions.”).

12019–2019
Kilgore v. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. green
nmctapp · 2009
2 sentences

2017Ltd., 2009-NMCA-078, ¶ 45 , 146 11 N.M. 698 , 213 P.3d 1127 .

2017Ltd., 2009-NMCA-078, ¶ 45 , 146 11 N.M. 698 , 213 P.3d 1127 .

12017–2017

Where else courts name it

IL 34 (1974–2026) MS 30 (1992–2026) TX 7 (2016–2016) CA 7 (1963–2022) NM 6 (2015–2024) DC 5 (1989–2024) PA 3 (1973–2023) NY 2 (1986–1988) VA 2 (2017–2024) IN 2 (1986–2005) MI 2 (1997–2021) OR 2 (2016–2016) OH 2 (1998–2016) UT 2 (2012–2026) WV 2 (2015–2018)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

← Caselaw search · G Cite Topics · Brief Check