STATE v. DURANT

Nos. 20,564, 20,660.

7 P.3d 495 (2000)

129 N.M. 345

2000-NMCA-066

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Karen DURANT, Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of Vernon O.M. Henning, Contemnor-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

June 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, Anthony Tupler, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Appellee in No. 20,564.

Sandy Barnhart Y Chavez, Rio Rancho, for Appellant in No. 20,564.

Patricia Madrid, Attorney General, Steven S. Suttle, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Appellee in No. 20,660.

Vernon O.M. Henning, Hobbs, Pro Se Contemnor-Appellant.


OPINION

PICKARD, Chief Judge.

{1} We consolidate these appeals for opinion because they raise the common question of whether a conditional discharge order in a criminal case is a sufficiently final order to allow an appeal from it. We hold that a conditional discharge order in a felony prosecution is sufficiently final to be appealable, but that a similar order in a criminal contempt prosecution is not, at least when the order does not require any...

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