State v. Stejskal

{1} Defendant Wilbur M. Stejskal (Defendant) appeals an amended judgment and sentence entered two years after the entry of his original judgment and sentence. By changing the word "concurrent" to the word "consecutive," the amended judgment has the practical effect of increasing Defendant's term of incarceration from nine years to ten years. On appeal, Defendant asserts that, pursuant to Rule 5-801 NMRA and State v. Torres , 2012-NMCA-026 , 272 P.3d 689 , the district court lacked jurisdiction to amend or modify the original sentence. The State, on the other hand, argues that the amended…