Legal Opinion
Town of Bernalillo v. Garcia
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 17, 1994No. 15007PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARTZ, Judge.
Defendant was convicted in the Town of Bernalillo municipal court of speeding and driving while intoxicated. He appealed the judgment to the Sandoval County District Court. Pursuant to NMSA1978, Section 39-3-1 (Repl.Pamp.1991), such appeals are “tried anew ... on their merits, as if no trial had been had below[.]” See SCRA 1986, 8-703(1) (Repl.1990). Defendant claims that delays in conducting the district court trial deprived him of his constitutional right to a speedy trial. U.S. Const. amends. VI, XIV; N.M.Const. art. II, § 14. We hold that, assuming the constitutional…
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