State v. Tijerino

OPINION

WECHSLER, Chief Judge.

{1} The State of New Mexico appeals the district court’s grant of co-defendants Lenora Tijerino and Greg Gurule’s motion to dismiss. The State argues that the district court erred in finding that jeopardy had attached in the City of Abuquerque’s previous civil forfeiture proceeding against Defendants’ Ford Expedition, when a stipulated order of dismissal was filed returning the vehicle to Ford Motor Credit upon the condition that it not release the vehicle to Defendants. The State also alternatively argues that even if jeopardy attached as a result of the civil…