Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-08-15 13:08:40.053008+00
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 1        IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

 2 STATE OF NEW MEXICO,

 3                  Plaintiff-Appellant,

 4 v.                                                                                    No. 36,244

 5 MARIO TOBY GARCIA,

 6                  Defendant-Appellee.

 7 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BERNALILLO COUNTY
 8 Cristina T. Jaramillo, District Judge

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

11 for Appellant

12 Bennett J. Baur, Chief Public Defender
13 J.K. Theodosia Johnson, Assistant Appellate Defender
14 Santa Fe, NM

15 for Appellee

16                                  MEMORANDUM OPINION

17 HANISEE, Judge.
 1   {1}   The State appeals from the district court’s order dismissing the case without

 2 prejudice pursuant to LR2-400(I) NMRA (2016).1 [RP 18] Persuaded by the State’s

 3 docketing statement, we entered a notice of proposed summary disposition, proposing

 4 to reverse. Defendant has filed a joint motion to amend and memorandum in

 5 opposition (MIO) to our notice. We are unpersuaded by Defendant’s arguments and

 6 therefore reverse.

 7   {2}   In its docketing statement, the State articulated four issues—all of which relate

 8 to the central contention that the district court erred in dismissing the case pursuant

 9 to LR2-400. Our notice, which proposed summary reversal, set forth the relevant facts

10 for each issue and the law that we believed controlled.             In    response,

11 Defendant            argues,        pursuant       to     State      v.   Franklin,

12 1967-NMSC-151, 78 N.M. 127, 428 P.2d 982, and its

13 progeny, that the district court did not abuse its

14 discretion           when      it    dismissed          the    case.      [MIO     11]

15 Defendant’s MIO does not supply any legal or factual argument that persuades us that

16 our analysis or proposed disposition was incorrect. See State v. Mondragon, 1988-

17 NMCA-027, ¶ 10, 107 N.M. 421, 759 P.2d 1003 (stating that “[a] party responding

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20          LR2-400 has been recompiled and amended as LR2-308 NMRA. For purposes
21 of this case, the relevant provisions are the same.

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1 to a summary calendar notice must come forward and specifically point out errors of

2 law and fact[,]” and the repetition of earlier arguments does not fulfill this

3 requirement), superseded by statute on other grounds as stated in State v. Harris,

4 2013-NMCA-031, ¶ 3, 297 P.3d 374. Accordingly,             we     decline      to

5 address this issue any further.

6   {3}   Defendant has also filed a motion to amend the

7 docketing statement to add the issue of whether

8 this Court has jurisdiction to hear this appeal. [MIO

9 1]      Specifically,     Defendant          asserts    that     we    do     not

10 have jurisdiction          because the State is not aggrieved

11 by an order dismissing the case without prejudice.

12 [MIO 1] However, there is no provision permitting an

13 appellee        to     amend         the      appellant s          docketing

14 statement.        See generally Rule 12-208 NMRA; Rule

15 12-210 NMRA. Additionally, even if Defendant could

16 amend the State s docketing statement to include

17 the issue he raises, State v. Lucero, 2017-NMCA-

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1 ___,       ___      P.3d      ___,      (No.     34,713,      Apr.     3,   2017),

2 forecloses his arguments. To the extent Defendant

3 urges us to reconsider Lucero, we decline to do so.

4   {4}   Accordingly, for the foregoing reasons, we reverse the district court and

5 remand for further proceedings.

6   {5}   IT IS SO ORDERED.

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8                                         J. MILES HANISEE, Judge

9 WE CONCUR:

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11 LINDA M. VANZI, Chief Judge

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13 M. MONICA ZAMORA, Judge

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