State v. Moreland

OPINION

VIGIL, Judge.

{1} The State appeals from an order of the district court granting Defendant a new trial, asserting: (1) the district court had no jurisdiction to grant Defendant’s motion, and (2) if it did have jurisdiction, the district court abused its discretion. We affirm. Since other rulings of the district court may or may not be repeated on retrial, we do not address them in this appeal.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

{2} Defendant and his live-in fiancee injected themselves with methamphetamine. While both of them were intoxicated from the drug, she said Defendant attacked her…