Case Name: STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ivey JONES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: Court of Appeals of New Mexico
Jurisdiction: New Mexico
Decision Date: 1972-12-22
Citations: 84 N.M. 500
Docket Number: No. 966
Parties: STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ivey JONES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: WOOD, C. J., and HENDLEY, J., concur.
Reporter: New Mexico Reports
Volume: 84
Pages: 500–501

Head Matter:
505 P.2d 445
STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ivey JONES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 966.
Court of Appeals of New Mexico.
Dec. 22, 1972.
Alan A. Norwood, Roswell, for defendant-appellant.
David L. Norvell, Atty. Gen., Kenneth G. Brown, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
Jones was convicted of robbery on July 6, 1971. Section 40A-16-2, N.M.S.A. 1953 (2nd Repl. Vol. 6). He was to serve a term of not less than two years nor more than ten years. On March 24, 1972, Jones filed a motion for relief under Rule 93 [§ 21-1-1(93), N.M.S.A. 1953 (Repl. Vol. 4)]. The trial court denied the motion without hearing because the petition set forth certain grounds for relief being the same grounds raised and disposed of on direct appeal of the conviction. State v. Jones, 83 N.M. 600, 495 P.2d 380 (Ct.App.1972).
The only point raised which was not disposed of on direct appeal was the denial of defendant's motion for lineup. Absence of a lineup is not a basis for post conviction relief. Hernandez v. State, 81 N.M. 634, 471 P.2d 204 (Ct.App.1970).
Post conviction proceedings are not a substitute for an appeal as a means of correcting errors occurring during the course of trial, even though the errors relate to constitutional rights. State v. Garcia, 80 N.M. 21, 450 P.2d 621 (1969). Neither is Jones entitled to a successive determination on the merits of issues previously adjudicated. State v. Ortega, 81 N.M. 337, 466 P.2d 903 (Ct.App.1970).
Thé order of the trial court is affirmed.
It is so ordered.
WOOD, C. J., and HENDLEY, J., concur.