State v. Armijo

OPINION

DANIELS, Chief Justice.

{1} Defendant Edward Armijo was convicted in the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court of driving while intoxicated (DWI). His on-record appeals alleging trial error were decided by both the Second Judicial District Court, which affirmed his conviction, and the Court of Appeals, which reversed. State v. Armijo, 2014-NMCA-013, ¶ 1, 316 P.3d 902. We granted certiorari to consider the State’s arguments that the Court of Appeals has no appellate jurisdiction over a district court’s decision in an on-record appeal from metropolitan court and that a defendant has no…