State v. Lovato

OPINION

VIGIL, Judge.

{1} In this appeal we consider whether a trial court may impose two habitual offender enhancements upon a defendant who has completed service of his sentence on the first of two underlying felonies, but remains incarcerated for the second. See NMSA 1978, § 31-18-17 (2003) (providing for an enhanced sentence of a convicted felon upon proof of one or more prior felonies). We conclude that Defendant had a reasonable expectation of finality in the sentence imposed for each underlying felony, and that when Defendant completed serving his sentence on the first felony, that…