STATE v. HARRIS

No. 7152.

677 P.2d 625 (1984)

101 N.M. 12

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Muni Fred HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

January 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet E. Clow, Chief Public Defender, David Stafford, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

Paul Bardacke, Atty. Gen., William Lazar, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.


OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

Sentenced as an habitual offender, defendant appeals. We discuss: (1) jurisdiction to impose the enhanced sentence; (2) initiation of the habitual offender proceedings; (3) validity of the prior convictions; (4) propriety of the enhanced sentence under the New Mexico statutes; and (5) constitutional validity of the enhanced sentence.

Jurisdiction

Jury verdicts on June 23, 1982, found defendant guilty of two counts of...

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