Legal Opinion
State v. Sparks
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided February 6, 1986No. 8704PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
Defendant appeals from his sentence of three concurrent five-year terms arising from his convictions of three fourth-degree felonies. The court suspended the sentences and placed defendant on probation for five years. The crux of defendant’s appeal, however, involves the application of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD), NMSA 1978, Section 31-5-12 (Repl. Pamp.1984).
Defendant was indicted, in October 1978, on the three felony counts. On March 26, 1979, he entered guilty pleas. He, however, failed to appear, on May 15, 1979, at the sentencing proceeding, and the…
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