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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. 34,577

 5 RIGO PARRA,

 6                  Defendant-Appellant.

 7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BERNALILLO COUNTY
 8 Mark A. Macaron, District Judge Pro Tem

 9 Hector H. Balderas, Attorney General
10 Santa Fe, NM

11 for Appellee

12 Robert E. Tangora, L.L.C.
13 Robert E. Tangora
14 Santa Fe, NM

15 for Appellant

16                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION

17 VIGIL, Chief Judge.

18   {1}    Defendant appeals, pursuant to State v. Franklin, 1967-NMSC-151, 78 N.M.

19 127, 428 P.2d 982, and State v. Boyer, 1985-NMCA-029, 103 N.M. 655, 712 P.2d 1,
 1 from the district court’s order revoking his probation in three underlying criminal

 2 matters. This Court issued a calendar notice proposing summary affirmance.

 3 Defendant filed a memorandum in opposition to this Court’s notice of proposed

 4 disposition, which we have duly considered. Unpersuaded, we affirm.

 5   {2}   In our calendar notice, we proposed to hold that the district court did not abuse

 6 its discretion in finding that Defendant violated state law and to affirm the district

 7 court’s revocation of Defendant’s probation on that basis. [CN 5] We also suggested

 8 that we were not convinced that the district court erred in allowing testimony

 9 regarding Defendant’s failure to report his arrest to his probation officer, or in using

10 the violation to support revocation of Defendant’s probation, even where the violation

11 was alleged in an addendum to the State’s motion to revoke, filed less than two weeks

12 prior to the adjudicatory hearing. [CN 6-7]

13   {3}   Defendant’s memorandum in opposition does not point to any specific errors

14 in fact or in law in our calendar notice. See Hennessy v. Duryea, 1998-NMCA-036,

15 ¶ 24, 124 N.M. 754, 955 P.2d 683 (“Our courts have repeatedly held that, in summary

16 calendar cases, the burden is on the party opposing the proposed disposition to clearly

17 point out errors in fact or law.”). Instead, Defendant continues to argue that the district

18 court abused its discretion in finding that he violated his probation and that his due

19 process rights were violated by the addendum to the motion to revoke. [MIO 4-5]

20 CONCLUSION

21   {4}   We conclude that Defendant has not met his burden to clearly demonstrate that

22 the district court erred in this case. Accordingly, for the reasons stated above, as well

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1 as those provided in our calendar notice, we affirm.

2   {5}   IT IS SO ORDERED.

3                                        ________________________________
4                                        MICHAEL E. VIGIL, Chief Judge

5 WE CONCUR:

6 _______________________________
7 JAMES J. WECHSLER, Judge

8 _______________________________
9 RODERICK KENNEDY, Judge

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