City of Las Cruces v. Sanchez

OPINION

MAES, Justice.

{1} This is the second time this case has come before us for review. See City of Las Cruces v. Sanchez, 2007-NMSC-042, 142 N.M. 243, 164 P.3d 942. The sole issue in the first appeal was “whether a district court has jurisdiction to entertain a city’s appeal from a municipal court’s dismissal of charges against a defendant on grounds other than the constitutionality of an ordinance or the sufficiency of a complaint.” Id. ¶ 7. We held that a municipality has a constitutional right to appeal a final judgment or decision from municipal court and remanded the case to the…