Court Opinion

ID: 9643776
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:40:25.690381+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:03.662135
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CLINTON, Judge,
dissenting in part.
To the overruling of the twelve ground's of error concerning admission of evidence showing commission of extraneous offenses in New Mexico, I respectfully dissent. The Court appears to recognize other proof made by the State and to acknowledge that it showed appellant killed Levin from a more immediate, localized motivation. Given the obvious prejudicial impact of the extraneous New Mexico offenses, I cannot agree that we may tolerate it on the double, negative theory that existence of other motives for killing Levin “does not mean that he was not motivated by a desire to avoid his return to New- Mexico.” It seems clear to me that this is the classic case where slight probative value is far outweighed by heavy prejudice.
PHILLIPS, J., joins.