State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Christopher Sisneros, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed Defendant Sisneros’s first‑degree murder conviction, held that the out‑of‑court statements of a witness were non‑testimonial and admissible under the present‑sense impression exception, found the investigator’s attempted testimony inadmissible, ruled that the substitute pathologist’s testimony was a harmless constitutional error, and vacated the felony‑murder and shooting‑from‑a‑vehicle convictions as double‑jeopardy violations.