MARTINEZ v. CHAVEZ

Nos. 30,194, 30,216, 30,325.

183 P.3d 145 (2008)

2008-NMSC-021

Andrew MARTINEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hon. Richard G. CHAVEZ, Respondent-Appellee. Ethel Trujillo, Petitioner, v. Hon. Richard G. Chavez, Respondent. City of Las Cruces, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert Kirkpatrick, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

December 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Karl Erich Martell, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant in No. 30,194.

Renee Barela-Gutierrez, Taos, NM, for Appellee in No. 30,194.

Shannon Law Office, Jeffrey Alan Shannon, Taos, NM, for Petitioner.

Renee Barela-Gutierrez, Taos, NM, for Respondent.

Jared Abrams, Las Cruces, NM, for Appellant in No. 30,325.

Lilley Law Offices, Marc A. Lilley, Las Cruces, NM, for Appellee in No. 30,325.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

{1} These cases come to us because the Court of Appeals construed each case as an appeal from a habeas corpus proceeding and entered transfer orders on the basis that this Court has exclusive jurisdiction over such appeals. See Cummings v. State, 2007-NMSC-048, ¶ 1, 142 N.M. 656, 168 P.3d 1080 (reaffirming that the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the review of habeas corpus...

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