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STATE v. MARTINEZ

No. 26,270.

183 P.3d 935 (2008)

2008-NMCA-058

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eligio MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied March 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. King, Attorney General, Ann M. Harvey, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.

John Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Will O'Connell, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.

Certiorari Denied, No. 30,964, March 26, 2008.

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} In this opinion, we hold that the act of signing an intake fingerprint card with an assumed name when being booked into jail constitutes forgery under the New Mexico forgery statute, NMSA 1978, § 30-16-10(A) (1963). Defendant was convicted of forgery for signing his cousin's name to a Farmington jail fingerprint card. He challenges the trial court's denial...

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