STATE v. PINO

Nos. 16649, 16958.

932 P.2d 13 (1996)

122 N.M. 789

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos PINO, Defendant-Appellant. STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny C. CHAVEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied January 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Udall, Attorney General and Ann M. Harvey, Asst. Attorney General, Santa Fe, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Hilary Lamberton, Lamberton & Riedel, Santa Fe and Monica D. Munoz, Albuquerque, for Defendants-Appellants.


OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

1. These cases raise the question of whether a conviction from a prior criminal proceeding, where an indigent defendant's waiver of counsel lacked the countersignature of a district public defender, is valid to enhance a later conviction. This is an issue of first impression, and we consolidate the cases. We hold that such a waiver is valid.

2. Defendant Pino was indicted by a grand jury for one count of driving while...

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