Legal Opinion
In re Crystal L.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 17, 2002No. 22,200PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNEDY, Judge.
{1} Crystal L. (Child) was accused of various delinquent acts in a petition filed in the children’s court. She demanded a jury, went to trial, and was found to be delinquent. Child now appeals the children’s court’s order declining her request for a consent decree after the jury’s verdict had been rendered, and finding that option to be unavailable to her as a matter of law. This is a matter of first impression in New Mexico. We hold that NMSA 1978 § 32A-2-22(A) (1995) does not allow the children’s court to enter a consent decree when the juvenile has already gone to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Woolwine v. Furr's, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. DuffyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- State v. AllenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. BacaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
- State v. StanleyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. LaneyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2003
- Benavidez v. City of GallupNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2007
- State v. Katrina G.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2007
- In re Garrison P.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2002
- State v. SalasNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2017
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