State v. Stanford
By In the Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico
Release : 2004-04-21
Genre : Law, Books, Professional & Technical
Kind : ebook
OPINION ¶1 In this appeal, we hold that Article IV, Section 34 of the New Mexico Constitution, which prohibits a legislative act from affecting the right or remedy of a party in a pending case, precludes the effect of the 2002 amendment to the habitual offender statute, NMSA 1978, § 31-18-17 (2002), when a supplemental criminal information is filed before, and Defendant is sentenced after, the July 1, 2002 effective date of the amendment.
State v. Stanford
By In the Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico
Release : 2004-04-21
Genre : Law, Books, Professional & Technical
Kind : ebook