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          IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

No. A-1-CA-41505

STATE OF NEW MEXICO,

      Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

TATIANNA MONTEZ
a/k/a TATIANNA B. MONTEZ,

      Defendant-Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF CHAVES COUNTY
Dustin K. Hunter, District Court Judge

Raúl Torrez, Attorney General
Santa Fe, NM

for Appellee

Bennett J. Baur, Chief Public Defender
Santa Fe, NM
Steven J. Forsberg, Assistant Appellate Defender
Albuquerque, NM

for Appellant

                                MEMORANDUM OPINION

HANISEE, Judge.

{1}    Defendant appeals the district court’s judgment and sentence convicting her of
second offense driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DWI) under the
impairment to the slightest degree standard. Unpersuaded that Defendant’s docketing
statement established error, we issued a notice proposing to summarily affirm.
Defendant has responded with a memorandum in opposition to our notice. We have
duly considered Defendant’s response and remain unpersuaded. We therefore affirm.
{2}     On appeal, Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support her
conviction for DWI, arguing that there was insufficient evidence that she had been
driving. [DS 3-4] Our notice proposed to hold that the evidence of Defendant’s
statements to law enforcement, from which a jury could infer she was driving, and which
was corroborated eyewitness testimony and a home security camera video, constitutes
sufficient proof that Defendant was driving. [CN 2-4] Defendant’s response to our notice
maintains, based on the same facts and theories that the evidence does not prove she
was driving. [MIO 3] We remain unpersuaded that Defendant has demonstrated error.
See Hennessy v. Duryea, 1998-NMCA-036, ¶ 24, 124 N.M. 754, 955 P.2d 683 (“Our
courts have repeatedly held that, in summary calendar cases, the burden is on the party
opposing the proposed disposition to clearly point out errors in fact or law.”); State v.
Mondragon, 1988-NMCA-027, ¶ 10, 107 N.M. 421, 759 P.2d 1003 (stating that “[a] party
responding to a summary calendar notice must come forward and specifically point out
errors of law and fact,” and the repetition of earlier arguments does not fulfill this
requirement), superseded by statute on other grounds as stated in State v. Harris,
2013-NMCA-031, ¶ 3, 297 P.3d 374.

{3}  For the reasons stated herein and in our notice, we affirm the district court’s
judgment and sentence.

{4}   IT IS SO ORDERED.

J. MILES HANISEE, Judge

WE CONCUR:

JACQUELINE R. MEDINA, Judge

KATHERINE A. WRAY, Judge