U.S. v. REESE

No. 33,950.

326 P.3d 454 (2014)

2014-NMSC-013

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Oliver REESE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

May 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monnica L. Garcia Law Office of Monnica L. Garcia, LLC, Paul John Kennedy   Justine C. Fox-Young   Robert Jason Bowles Paul Kennedy & Associates, William C. Marchiondo Marchiondo Law Offices, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, Louis I. Cole Louis I. Cole, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Appellant.

Jennifer M. Rozzoni   Laura Fashing Office of the U.S. Attorney, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.

Trace L. Rabern Santa Fe, NM, for Amicus Curiae, New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.


OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit certified the following question to this Court pursuant to 10th Cir. Rule 27.1:

If an otherwise-qualified person has completed a deferred sentence for a felony offense, is that person barred from holding public office without a pardon or certificate from the governor, as required by N.M. Stat. Ann. § 31-13-1(E), or is that person's right to hold...

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