Legal Opinion
State v. Chouinard
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 23, 1981No. 13423PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAYNE, Justice.
This petition for certiorari arose from the reversal of two separate convictions of the defendant, Mark Chouinard. The Court of Appeals also ordered the defendant discharged. 96 N.M.-, 635 P.2d 986. We reverse.
The defendant was indicted on September 21,1977, on nine counts of trafficking in cocaine. He failed to appear for arraignment and was not apprehended and arrested on the indictment until May 15, 1979. In the interval, on May 16, 1978, the district attorney mistakenly authorized a court order for destruction of the substance alleged to be cocaine, which was the…
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