State v. White

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided May 12, 1954

New Mexico Supreme Court · decided 1954-05-12

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Decided 1954-05-12

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Cited by 81 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2020 · most notably Durham v. United States (1954), Wright v. United States (1957)

8 federal appellate · 71 state decisions

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COMPTON, Justice

¶1(concurring specially).

¶2I concur in the result but feel constrained to dissent from the legal doctrine announced, the so-called extension of the rule of the M’Naghten case as a defense in criminal cases. In this regard, I concur in the dissenting opinion of Justice Sadler.