People v. Valdez

Opinion by

Judge METZGER.

Pursuant to a plea bargain, defendant, George Valdez, entered a plea of nolo conten-dere to one count of electioneering. He appeals the judgment of conviction and sentence. We affirm the former, vacate the latter, and remand the cause for a new sentencing hearing.

In 1992, an election challenge to absentee voters brought by a citizens group in Costilla County resulted in an order requiring names to be stricken from the voting lists. The citizens group later requested that the Attorney General begin a criminal investigation into what they termed the “tradition” of voting…