STATE v. OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER

Nos. 32,430, 32,632.

285 P.3d 622 (2012)

2012-NMSC-029

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. OFFICE OF the PUBLIC DEFENDER on Behalf of Abdul MUQQDDIN, Deceased, Defendant-Petitioner. State of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Edgar Dominguez-Meraz, Defendant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline L. Cooper , Chief Public Defender, Adrianne R. Turner , Assistant Appellate Defender, for Petitioners.

Gary K. King , Attorney General, Margaret E. McLean , Assistant Attorney General, Andrew S. Montgomery , Assistant Attorney General, Farhan A. Khan , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Respondent.


OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} These consolidated cases ask this court to address for the first time the outer limits of New Mexico's burglary statute, NMSA 1978, Section 30-16-3 (1971). In more than 40 years, this Court has issued only one burglary opinion and even then on a somewhat tangential issue. See State v. Gonzales, 78 N.M. 218, 430 P.2d 376 (1967). By contrast,...

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