Legal Opinion
Palmer v. Williams
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1995No. 21503PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCHINI, Justice.
Respondent-Appellant Joe Williams, the warden of the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (WNMCF), seeks reversal of an order dismissing a detainer against a prisoner and releasing him from the remainder of his sentence. The trial court ruled that the prisoner had invoked the speedy trial provisions of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, NMSA 1978, § 31-5-12 (Repl. Pamp.1984) (IAD), and that the state issuing the detainer had failed to comply with those provisions. Finding that the detainer was invalid, the court awarded the prisoner good-time credit on his…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- State v. SmithNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1993
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