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Date Created: 2016-03-15 13:18:57.452386+00
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 1        IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

 2 STATE OF NEW MEXICO,

 3          Plaintiff-Appellee,

 4 v.                                                                                     No. 34,877

 5 EARNEST FROLICK,

 6          Defendant-Appellant.

 7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAN JUAN COUNTY
 8 John A. Dean Jr., District Judge

 9 Hector H. Balderas, Attorney General
10 Maris Veidemanis, Assistant Attorney General
11 Santa Fe, NM

12 for Appellee

13 Jorge A. Alvarado, Chief Public Defender
14 Stephen Taylor, Assistant Public Defender
15 Santa Fe, NM

16 for Appellant

17                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION

18 SUTIN, Judge.
 1   {1}   Defendant Earnest Frolick appeals from his conviction for one count of

 2 distribution of a controlled substance contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-31-

 3 22(A)(2)(a) (2011). On appeal, Defendant contends that the district court erred in

 4 denying his request that the jury be instructed on objective entrapment. See UJI 14-

 5 5161 NMRA. This Court issued a calendar notice proposing to agree with Defendant

 6 and proposing to reverse and remand for a new trial. [CN 6] The State has filed a

 7 response to this Court’s notice of proposed disposition informing this Court that, after

 8 due consideration, it will not be filing a memorandum in opposition to our notice.

 9 Accordingly, for the reasons stated in this Court’s notice of proposed disposition, we

10 reverse Defendant’s conviction and remand to the district court for a new trial.

11   {2}   IT IS SO ORDERED.

12                                         __________________________________
13                                         JONATHAN B. SUTIN, Judge

14 WE CONCUR:

15 _______________________________
16 JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge

17 _______________________________
18 J. MILES HANISEE, Judge

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