City of Bernalillo v. Aragon

OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction for direct contempt in the municipal court. We affirm.

The defendant presents three issues for our consideration: 1. Whether the district court erred in refusing to grant a trial de novo to appellant on his criminal contempt conviction contrary to NMSA 1978, Mun.R. 39(i) (Repl.Pamp.1982). 2. Whether the district court erred in its use of the procedurally defective municipal court record to sustain appellant’s convictions. Instead, argues defendant, the district court was required to reverse the convictions due to the procedural errors of…