Martinez v. Chavez

OPINION

{1} These cases come to us because the Court of Appeals construed each case as an appeal from a habeas corpus proceeding and entered transfer orders on the basis that this Court has exclusive jurisdiction over such appeals. See Cummings v. State, 2007-NMSC-048, ¶ 1, 142 N.M. 656, 168 P.3d 1080 (reaffirming that the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the review of habeas corpus proceedings); see also NMSA 1978, § 34-5-10 (1966) (providing for the transfer of misfiled appeals to the proper appellate court). For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the Court of Appeals erred in…