State v. Frost

OPINION

CASTILLO, Judge.

{1} The State appeals the trial court’s order authorizing Defendant to serve the last four months of his six-month mandatory “jail term” as a DWI repeat offender in an electronic monitoring program (EMP) administered by the Chaves County Detention Center (CCDC). Based on the statutory authority for inmate release programs at local jails and our holding in State v. Guillen, 2001-NMCA-079, ¶ 11, 130 N.M. 803, 32 P.3d 812, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

{2} Defendant entered a nolo contendré plea to fourth-degree felony driving while intoxicated (DWI) under NMSA 1978, § 66-8-102(G)…