Legal Opinion
State v. Harris
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided January 10, 1984No. 7152PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Judge.
Sentenced as an habitual offender, defendant appeals. We discuss: (1) jurisdiction to impose the enhanced sentence; (2) initiation of the habitual offender proceedings; (3) validity of the prior convictions; (4) propriety of the enhanced sentence under the New Mexico statutes; and (5) constitutional validity of the enhanced sentence.
Jurisdiction
Jury verdicts on June 23, 1982, found defendant guilty of two counts of burglary and two counts of larceny. A supplemental information was filed on July 26, 1982, charging defendant as an habitual offender. The trial court sentence…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- State v. SegottaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by41 opinions
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