OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Defendant used a firearm in committing aggravated battery. In imposing sentence, the trial court refused to consider suspending defendant's sentence on the basis that § 40A-29-3.1, N.M.S.A. 1953 (2d Repl. Vol. 6) was mandatory. Defendant contends that § 40A-29-3.1, supra, could not be applied in his case. We hold that § 40A-29-3.1, supra, was applicable to defendant's sentence but that it was misapplied. Accordingly...
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