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- Title: State V. Lucero
- Author : New Mexico Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 29, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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In State v. Lucero, 109 N.M. 298, 784 P.2d 1041 (Ct. App. 1989), this court reversed Defendant's conviction on the ground that he was improperly prohibited from presenting evidence concerning the motive of the mother of the child victim to lie. After conviction on retrial, Defendant raises eight evidence issues in this appeal: (1) erroneous admission of evidence of Defendant's character; (2) improper expert opinion regarding the child's credibility; (3) improper impeachment with evidence of prior misconduct; (4) admission of hearsay not falling within any exception; (5) inadmissibility of hearsay statements under the medical diagnosis exception to the hearsay rule; (6) erroneous admission of statements to rebut a claim of recent fabrication; (7) solicitation of comments from Defendant on the veracity of other witnesses; and (8) improper impeachment of Defendant with evidence of a sentence imposed in connection with a prior conviction. We reverse on the improper admission of evidence of Defendant's character.