Legal Opinion
State v. Simmons
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided September 25, 2006No. 29,563PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHÁVEZ, Justice.
{1} Chris Allen Simmons (“Defendant”) entered guilty pleas to pending charges on November 26, 2003. He appeals his sentencing under NMSA 1978, Section 31-18-17(D) (2003) (“habitual offender statute”), claiming that a 1990 felony conviction should not have been used to enhance his sentence when he completed his sentence for the 1990 conviction more than ten years before his plea of guilty to the present charges. The State relied on a plea agreement wherein Defendant admitted the validity of two prior felonies including the 1990 felony. However, during the sentencing…
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