Opinion ID: 1358967
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Failure to Grant Hearing or Interlocutory Appeal.

Text: Defendant asserts that he was entitled, prior to his retrial, to a hearing or an interlocutory appeal regarding his motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds. State v. Mestas, 93 N.M. 765, 605 P.2d 1164 (Ct.App. 1980), demonstrates that the Court of Appeals has authority to accept such an application for interlocutory appeal. Therefore, defendant could have filed an interlocutory appeal with the Court of Appeals following the trial court's denial of his motion to dismiss. However, the record does not show that defendant ever made such an attempt. Thus, defendant waived any right he may have had to an interlocutory appeal on this issue. Regardless, we hold that it was not error to retry the defendant.