# State v. White

> New Mexico Supreme Court · May 12, 1954 · 58 N.M. 324

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9568621

## Case

- **Full name:** State v. White
- **Court:** New Mexico Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 12, 1954
- **Citations:** 58 N.M. 324; 270 P.2d 727
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Compton
- **Judges:** Seymour, Compton, Sadler, McGhee, Lujan
- **Cited by:** 48 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that evidence showing bias or 5 interest is never excluded on the ground of being collateral

## Opinion text

COMPTON, Justice (concurring specially).
I 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.

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