Legal Opinion
State v. Savedra
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 12, 2010No. 31,288PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SERNA, Justice.
{1} In this appeal, we are presented with the recurring issue of how our six-month rules should be administered when the State dismisses charges in magistrate court and subsequently refiles the same charges in district court. On separate occasions, Defendants Savedra, Lozano, and Yates were charged with misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) in magistrate court, and did not reach a plea agreement. In each case, the State dismissed the charges in magistrate court and refiled the cases in district court pursuant to a prosecutorial policy of the district attorney in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. GarzaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2009
- State Ex Rel. Delgado v. StanleyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. HeinsenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2005
- State v. MaddoxNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2008
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- State v. CandelariaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2019
- State v. MartinezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2011
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