STATE v. HUNTER

No. 21,677.

33 P.3d 296 (2001)

131 N.M. 76

2001-NMCA-078

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Justin HUNTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

September 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, Steven S. Suttle, Ass't Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.

Michael Kiernan, David G. Crum & Associates, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.


OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} This case requires us to address the authority of a trial court to sentence a juvenile, charged with first degree murder but found guilty of second degree murder, as an adult after holding only a typical adult sentencing hearing. By that, we mean the trial court did not consider the factors required to be considered or make the findings required to be made pursuant to the statute that permits juveniles found guilty of second...

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