STATE v. GUERRA

No. 21,079.

24 P.3d 334 (2001)

130 N.M. 302

2001-NMCA-031

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ruby GUERRA, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied May 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, Patricia Gandert, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

Phyllis H. Subin, Chief Public Defender, Jennifer R. Albright, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.


Certiorari Denied No. 26,906, May 23, 2001.

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} This case presents us with the opportunity to clarify the limits on a trial court's discretion in sentencing a youthful offender as an adult. Defendant, a fourteen-year-old child, entered a plea pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), to second degree murder and tampering with evidence...

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