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CITY OF AZTEC v. GURULE

No. 31,480.

228 P.3d 477 (2010)

2010-NMSC-006

CITY OF AZTEC, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Anthony GURULE, Defendant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 25, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh W. Dangler, Chief Public Defender, Adrianne R. Turner, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioner.

Thrower Law Firm, P.C., Larry T. Thrower, Farmington, NM, for Respondent.

OPINION

SERNA, Justice.

{1} This case permits us to reconsider a long-standing procedural requirement that has lost its usefulness in the twenty-first century. We hold that municipal ordinances are properly considered law, and thus need no longer be proven as facts necessary for a prima facie case, and we apply this rule to affirm Anthony Gurule's ("Defendant") conviction of aggravated driving while intoxicated ("DWI"), contrary to the City...

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