STATE v. BEGAY

No. 33,588.

368 P.3d 1246 (2016)

2016-NMCA-039

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Trevor BEGAY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted, March 25, 2016, No. S-1-SC-35751.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, Jacqueline R. Medina , Assistant Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.

Jorge A. Alvarado , Chief Public Defender, Sergio Viscoli , Assistant Appellate Defender, David Henderson , Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.


OPINION

{1} A criminal sentencing statute requires magistrate, metropolitan, and district courts to place a convicted defendant on probation whenever those courts defer or suspend that defendant's sentence of imprisonment. See NMSA 1978, § 31-20-5 (1985, amended 2003). Once the period of the defendant...

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