Court Opinion

ID: 9794385
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:04:53.914328+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:15:04.507100
License: Public Domain

HARTZ, Judge (concurring.) I concur in Judge Bivins’ opinion. I write separately only to indicate why my concurrence does not constitute a retreat from the views expressed in my dissent in State v. Ferguson, 111 N.M. 191, 196, 803 P.2d 676, 681 (Ct.App.), cert. denied, 111 N.M. 144, 802 P.2d 1290 (1990). It is proper in this case to presume that the district court exercised its discretion in admitting the evidence under SCRA 1986, 11-609 because (1) defense counsel correctly argued to the district court that it needed to consider whether the improper prejudice outweighed the probative value of the impeachment, (2) the district court stated that it was admitting the evidence pursuant to Rule 11-609, which explicitly requires a balancing of the prejudice against the probative value, and (3) the district court’s decision was well within the bounds of proper discretion.