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STATE v. MONDRAGON

No. 10456.

759 P.2d 1003 (1988)

107 N.M. 421

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pete MONDRAGON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied May 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquelyn Robins, Chief Public Defender, Bruce Rogoff, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

Hal Stratton, Atty. Gen., Fred Chris Smith and Richard Klein, Asst. Attys. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

This case involves the power of the governor to issue pardons. We reverse the trial court's implicit ruling that the governor lacked power to pardon habitual offender sentences not yet imposed on convictions in existence at the time the governor issued the pardon.

Defendant was convicted of fourteen offenses and the state filed habitual offender proceedings. Defendant was sentenced...

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