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STATE v. RUIZ

No. 16229.

902 P.2d 575 (1995)

120 N.M. 420

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel "Mike" RUIZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied September 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Attorney General, Katherine Zinn, Asst. Attorney General, Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Sammy J. Quintana, Chief Public Defender, Bruce Rogoff, Asst. Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

This case is the latest in a series of cases involving NMSA 1978, Section 31-20-12 (Repl.Pamp.1994). Section 31-20-12 requires a trial court to give presentence confinement credit to a "person held in official confinement on suspicion or charges of the commission of a felony[.]" Previous cases have held that, as long as the confinement is related to the charges for which the defendant is ultimately sentenced, credit must be...

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