STATE v. LUCERO

No. 13546.

840 P.2d 607 (1992)

114 N.M.App. 460

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Theresa LUCERO, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

September 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Atty. Gen., Joel K. Jacobsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Sammy J. Quintana, Chief Public Defender, Sophie Cooper, Asst. Public Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

The issue we confront in this case is whether the metropolitan court six-month rule begins to run anew, as does the district court six-month rule, when a case is remanded following a successful state's appeal. We hold that it does not.

To put the issue in proper factual perspective, we state the facts chronologically. The state filed its original complaint against defendant on February 6, 1990. On March 12, the metropolitan...

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