Legal Opinion · Dissent
State v. Mendoza
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 1989No. 18273Published
1DissentSosa, Chief Justice
I hereby adopt as my dissent the majority opinion of the court of appeals as appended herein in full.
APPENDIX
No. 10688.
Court of Appeals of New Mexico.
Feb. 7, 1989.
OPINION
BIVINS, Chief Judge.
The state appeals from an order dismissing the information against defendant charging him with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. This appeal presents the issue of whether a suspension of proceedings to determine defendant’s competency to stand trial tolls the running of the six-month rule, SCRA 1986, 5-604. We hold it does not and affirm the trial court’s dismissal of the…
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